FIGHTING AT TONQUIN. THE FRENCH CAPTURE BACNINH. [BY TELEGRAPH. -COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]
[Received March 14, 7.35 a. in.] Paris. March 13. Official dispatches have been receiver! from Tonqnin announcing that theFiencli troops have captured and occupied Bacninh. The city and outworks ueie held by a strong foice of Chinese regulars, beside* local troops, but the French successfully tinned the position aitcr se\cial horns fighting, dining which the Chinese snflfpiod sc\ci«ly fioni the (lie of the Fieueh aitilleiy. A general .idvsmoe wiis made, and the Chinese fl<>d. The city <md the uu»hbouiing tuits aie now occu pied bv tlie Kionch tioops. Despateln'S state th.it the Ficnch losb la seventy (ah) wounded.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1824, 15 March 1884, Page 3
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110FIGHTING AT TONQUIN. THE FRENCH CAPTURE BACNINH. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1824, 15 March 1884, Page 3
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