| Show THE ME FRENCH r FIHE M w the arsenal at foo roo chow and de ane massacre Has sacro of the mongolians Mongo lians j lo 10 bosn ax N tha i tizol I 1 fo 0 t chow dispatch bated sundays pm baye the french shelled the barracks and campa apar quan bao no ranc ewas ts iliade attack the consulate buildings were looted by y chinese ChT neso soldiers who were in uniform pa and krap armed ed the french chief bof stair reports tho loss to ho iho french of fix six men tho the times correspondent believes ahia estimate untrue un an euclish pilot was killed during the ight which the french freric x opened their licary lire fire and it is a ik ons one of their own torpedo boats a the bombardment bombarda mentis is 9 described as one of the most ingi character the chinese fleet lately on min blin River with the exception of two ships was blotted out km surrender was allowed tho the disabled and bin sinking kinks their guns were silenced and they were she shelled ned for hours admiral courbet fire pm tand chinese replied I 1 aled almost simultaneously the jock dockyard mc I 1 arsenal abed fired immediately but with only partial success by the eleven i ohp fleet the french r dept up bp the fire on tho the arsenal buildings forts barracks and villages until 5 in the afternoon the resistance was as from light river and coast transports which were really too light the french had eight heavily armed ships namely the yelta day augy n trouin ou in delc Dc laining aspic aspie T mere loux I 1 and villan several chinese gunboats gun boats were maintained bravely until it was discovered they were on fire when the survivors of the crews leaped overboard the combat was really ended in five rive minutes tho the superior superior french artillery made tho the con contest eat after disabling the chinese vessel no fi firlit lit these were massacred this ia is the opinion of every spectator two 18 ton gunboats gun boats of the chinese Cli inese fleet fought well one sinking near tho the english man inan of war champion while the others stationed above the junks jutas made a good kland tho the french kept up tho the fire on the arsenal neighboring arts coltts barracks bar and vil I 1 lages laes until 5 wk pm alt although haugh alie i fc sl wa r e N from r iii the batteries c ceased eased about 3 i french and chinese Cli inese s ships h i 3 were engaged i in n close proximity to abl inan of war kidjel and at 0 6 welock sunday evening three burning gunboats gun boats floated down stream one carry carrying ipg the french colors numerous lire junks bazing blazing ina in a dangerous tho the english but were fended bended off ono one H english bark was saved by L english men inen dfwar torpedo boata boats exploded near tho the stern of the yang il ana woo oo 00 transports making inking fc two gun boats the scenes on the river as the dead dead floated by were terrible the erig engliski Engli glish sli saved many from drow drowning niri g the forts lower down clown have not y yet e t been attacked tho the times correspondent was war tho the only newspaper representative present and was on board the champion Chaw pion alo times hong kon kong dispatch saye the chinese who a are ro wholly unprepared for war denounce denoun cei the nial baet actipe of provi provincial clat governors and hold 1171 ali L alili ein a ana at cralle for adv any collapses of national defense the e fience are arv i elated at the display of bf Chi chinese fiese because it will conduct to protracted hosti hostilities litie tie R in which eme only the capture PeKing of will eventually end the war night traffic on anton canton river is prohibited hibi ted I 1 semiofficial semi official advice fro from in china during tho bombardment of jechow foo chow li a french officer of high rank was killed on only three chinese gunboats gun boats were destroyed A foo Chow dispatch of yesterday say saya that during the engagement one of the french ironclads iron waa was struck an badly damaged she will be boie re paired plight ther the french ranch will I 1 firing at 3 to morning panis aug ang 25 A dispatch from long S si ix of to today day states gen mallot ihas has taken tile necessary mca su d res for repelling the ei expected petted chinese Cli inese nya sion sion it is isparis w in paris that china hash radd forist declaration of war and notified tho the powers to that effect Th the frenchi papera papers aro are indignant at the statement made by the london times ardnie nt of fo bejto ti bays s all i inese fore gebing the bombardment of booi 00 chow str bt ripped ipp d the arsenal of its portable ble valaries val valuables it also gays says tho tile t F french arii aro making coaling cost cos jwj poo francs and tho the arms and am mu munison n destroyed were valued at franco franq 4 |
