FRANCE AND CHINA.
ACTIVE HOSTILITIES..
(byblbctric telegbaph.-— copyright.); ,- >, (reuters' telegrams.) ,;.- ; . t London, August 22:^ '»'^ The Chinese Arsenal near Foochow was bombarded for threehours, and entirely destroyed. Seven Chinese gunboats were also sunk by the guns of the French mWof-war, two others having escaped. The European residents at Fodchow are not being molested, although intense excitement prevails among thjb native population. Three Russiati iron-dads have been despatched toX_ reinforce the Russian fleet cruising off the Chinese coast. -, ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 229, 25 August 1884, Page 2
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76FRANCE AND CHINA. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 229, 25 August 1884, Page 2
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