China and France
OUTBBEAK OF HOSTILITIES. (BBUTKB'S. TELEGBAMB.) ',•".-. Homg Kong, June 26. Intelligence has been received of a fresh outbreak of hostilities between the French and Chinese troops at Tonquin. ; Tl«> accounts to hand state that a detachment of French regulars, nnmbennj--700, were proceeding to occupy Langson, an important town in , Tonquin, Chinese ' frontier, when they were attacked by a i; i large force of Chinese, who had been holding Langson in violation of the treaty " "isdncliided last month between France 1 'and China. A, severe engagement ensued, faulting in the repulse of the Chinese. * who are said to have numbered 4,000, with heavy loss in killed and wounded. Tne ea»ualUeß on the side of the French / !V are given as 49 killed. In consquence *'.<": of tkeoutbreak of hostilities, M. Pateno '■■ ' lure, French Commissioner in Tonquin, has been ordered to Pekin to demand ..reparation from the Chinese Government for the attack and violation of the Tientsin treaty. The French fleet under Admiral Courbet has been ordered to proceed aorthward* to support the French : demand*. -_-^^^^^^^^
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 8, 28 June 1884, Page 3
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174China and France Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 8, 28 June 1884, Page 3
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