Massacre of French Troops
SIKPIUSEI) WHILE ASLEEP. (PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.) Pauis. February 10. Ncwm has been received of the massacre of the French troops in Timbuctoo. The troops were surprised while asleep in camp in Dongoi, and the Tuaregs overturned the stacked arms, thus preventing the soldiers from firing. Captain Bonnier and eight other officers, 10 non-commissioned officers, and 61 native soldiers are missing. The Tuaregs threaten to attack Timbuctoo, which Captain Phillipo holds with 300 rifles and six cannons. He has only a limited supply of food. February 11. In the Chamber of Deputies, the Premier, replying to a question as to the massacre of French troops on the west coast of Africa, declared the Government had no intention of evacuating Timbuctoo, which is threatened by the Tuaregs. Reinforcements, he said, were advancing rapidly to assist Captain Phillipe, and if necessary 1 urther assistance would be sent to Algeria.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 237, 12 February 1894, Page 2
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