Show FRENCH TROOPS WERE r AMBUSHED BY CHINESE Victoria U 1 C Sept 1 News was wa re received bv h the of India from South China of the thc ambush of 0 French troops in a valley near on the Tonkin n border Cant lender cader of the force and wele shot down soon after tho light opened Between Sou and amI MX G Chinese had hada hadI a 1 position n on low hills nt at each side Ilde of a IL gully guly which the tho French rench T entered tho village I I The French captured ed od the tho village alO twice It I being retaken by h the tho Chinese Shots exchanged during the tho greater part of the tho fight at nt from 1 0 to 0 CO 5 meters When Capt Fluery Fluor mil went ent to as assist 1st the leader ender were shot ahot tho Chinese throw upon the bodies bocles not vet yel dead Ilent Id them carrying IWU iwuy the heads cheers |