The Tonquin War.
FOOCHOO IN FEAR OF BOMBARDMENT. BRITISH TROOPS LANDED TO PROTECT ENGLISH RESIDENTS. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] Hong Kong, August 1. No confirmation has yet transpired of the report that an agreement had been come to between France and China. The latest news from Foochow states that considerable alarm prevails there, owing to a fear that the Frer.ch fleet intend to bombard the town. All English ladies and children have embarked on board the vessels in port, and most of the foreign residents are leaving. A detachment of marines from the British men-of-war has been landed to afford protection to English residents in case of necessity. August 3. In the event of the rejection by China of France’s ultimatum, Admiral Courbet will immediately order the commanders of the French war vessels, now at Foochow and Kelung, a seaport in the North of the Island of Formosa, to occupy those places as a guarantee for the indemnity which was demanded as reparation for the Langson affair.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 200, 4 August 1884, Page 2
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165The Tonquin War. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 200, 4 August 1884, Page 2
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