FRANCO-CHINESE WAR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1232, 26 August 1884, Page 1

FRANCO-CHINESE WAR.

Hong Kong, August 22. Intelligence is to hand from Pekin that the flag at the French Embassy in that city has been lowered, and that the protection of French subjects resident there has been confided to the Russian legation. August 22.

It is now definitely stated that Admiral Courbet lus been instructed to bombard the Chinese Imperial Arsenal, which is situated three miles from Foo Chow. It is understood the attack will be made at sunrise to-day, and that under cover of the tire (be troops will be landed, and the material and stores in the Arsenal destroyed. The Chinese Government has forbidden the evacuation of Langson. London, August 23, A telegram lias just been received from Foo Chow announcing that the French fleet opened the bombardment upon the Chinese Arsenal near that town at 2 p.m. to-day (Saturday). August 24 (5 a.m.) The latest telegrams to hand regarding the course of events in connection with the Franco-Chiuese war give the following intelligence ; —Li F<mg Pao, the Chinese Minister, left Paris last night. Three Russian Monclads have been despatched to reinforce-the Russian fleet now cruising off the Chinese coast.

The Governors of Lvrangi and i unan have be«n ordered to proceed to Tonquin. ’ A telegram despatched from Foo Chow at 10 p.m. states that Admiral Courbet bombarded the Chinese Arsenal near that town for three hours, and entirely destroyed it, together with seven Chinese gunboats, which were sunk by (he fire of the French ships. Two other gunboats escaped. Th® European residents at Foo Chow hare not been molested, although great ex* citement prevails among the native population.