SOUTH SEA OUTRAGES.
The French man-of-war has been cruising about the South Seas, but the only incident of her cruise'was the punishment of the Natives of Santo for their unprovoked murders of French traders recently. Upon arriving off the the coast of Santo a high sea was running which rendered landing operations impossible, and Captain Communal adopted the only course open to him. Standing out a mile from the shore, the D’Estfees gave the Santo savages a couple of hours* bombardment,, in the course of -whichabout 200 shells were thrown into the villages, driving the Natives from, their hiding places and apparently taking good effect, judging by the manner in which the savages flung away their weapons and hurried off for . shelter into! the interior. From what could be seen at the distance the cocoanut groves were very much, cut up, and the dwellings levelled to- the ground. The D’Estrees, after administef-; ing this punishment sailed, for Noumea. ;
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Patea Mail, 25 September 1882, Page 3
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