PROJECTED EXPEDITION TO CHINA.
•The following details have been given by a Paris journal ie§pectiug tlie projected expedition $0 julfjfiUl. Three Generals, it is said, are proposed for the command, of tbe expedition. General Mar* tiOprey, Commander-in-chief of the Forces iv Algeria, General Droghh, and General Boimpfen. It is evidtiit-thht for so distant an: expedition all the m^u are iiot equally capable of a sea voyage and the severity o? the climate. , A depot is to be formed in one of the stations nearest Hongkong or Shanghai, to. replace the deficiency in the effective force of the prepara-tions-to be made. ■■■;y Tlie departure, cannot take place until the first fortnight itr November. Tbo French Government, when displaying, g flag in part Of the.Celestial Empire, wishes, it appears, to give a high idea of its military power, and to show that at present it can strike hard and far when its houor is concerned.
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Colonist, Volume III, Issue 227, 23 December 1859, Page 3
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153PROJECTED EXPEDITION TO CHINA. Colonist, Volume III, Issue 227, 23 December 1859, Page 3
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