THE FRANCO-CHINESE WAR. Decisive defeat of the Chinese. [BY TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.]
fllKUl'Llt'b 'Ji:i.>OHVMs ] Pakis, October 9. A BhhPATCii has been iceeived fiom Tonqum stating that an engagement has taken place between the Chinese troops, numbeiiim GOO men, and the Ficneh troops under General Negier. The action lasted five horns, when the Chinese (led, having sufleu'd heavily fiom the French fire. General Negier lost 21 men killed and 50 wounded, and was himself wounded slightly. Hong Kong, October 10. Later intelligence Itom Founosa shows that tlve lepoit of the occupation of Tamsiu by Admiral Lespes is inconect. The town is still in the possession of the Chinese troops, and the Fieneh bombardment is contmupcl daily. The local forces are strongly entrenched in the ncighbouihood ot r.imsui, and all efToitb to dislodge them have as yet pnned unavailing. London, October 10. The French authorities are boauliug English niPi chant steamers both at Amoy and Formosa
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1915, 14 October 1884, Page 2
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153THE FRANCO-CHINESE WAR. Decisive defeat of the Chinese. [BY TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.] Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1915, 14 October 1884, Page 2
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