The French Defeated in Madagascar.
:.,. '";■■ j LONDOW, AugUHt 2. - Ttie French* forces have encounter* ed a severe cbe^lc m theii; invasion of Mada^.scar| . and Brjtis^ ! W*f^ t ] Office lhave received intelligence confirming tho .defeat.. , It. is "said that , 1( many Enropean and American officers' ' are ( drilling^ the Wov&a, and superin^j ( . tending 'the' construe. tion. ot e^r^h- J " ■^oyksi and a ;^ne^ of defencei' wnile several cargoe^ of. arms and ft^^nlr^,.^ lion hAve sneceea^d m;, eluding, J^o' *' Fj'enco blockade. 1 ' ; The pass^leadlng capVlat, ih still mamtainea by . tba Hovai . •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 232, 28 August 1884, Page 2
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88The French Defeated in Madagascar. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 232, 28 August 1884, Page 2
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