| Show NEWS CONFIRMED of a french victory over a chincie array berlin dec 26 field marshal von waldersee in a dispatch from peking dated monday december 24 says the french troops encountered dec 22 east of cho chan between peking and pao ting fu a chinese force numbering 2500 men with artillery the chinese fled in ache direction of kuan aslen they suffered losses and left behind them five hundred standards and tour cannon he chinese probably consisted of the reunited re united remnants of a body already dispersed |