THE WAR IN CHINA.
Further particulars of the action at Foochow shows that nine French warships disabled eleven Chinese transport vessels m seven minutes. The French refused to accept a surrender^ and continued the shelling ; for hours; Two Chinese gunboats and the batteries stationed at ihe arsenal vanity 'attern^tedi 'to reply. [ The French Admiral ... also bombaifded the forts and villages . m the neighborhood ofFopchow. The Tim6>s\ c special correspondent telegraphs pronouncing the whole affair, as a sickening massacre.. The French loss was six .. killed. They . ;vlso had one of their gunboats ; injured, and a torpedo boat sunk. Yesterday the French shelled the barracks at Quantar, to which 'the Chinese offered no resistance. Commenting on the affair, the Times, says that Admiral ' Courbet is the idol of civilised warfare.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 231, 27 August 1884, Page 2
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128THE WAR IN CHINA. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 231, 27 August 1884, Page 2
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