| Show Tonquin Affairs PARIS March SGeneral Breere De Lisle French commander at Tonquin telegraphs that he has relieved the be leaguered garrison at Thuyenquan He says We arrived on the 3d instant at Thuyenquan The Black Flags and Yun nan army had occupied the pass since which it is inaccessible and built forts with three lines of benches before Dusc Fights of a severe nature occurred Our troops behaved more admirably than ever The enemy raised the siege of Thuyenquan yesterday evening the French garrison having fought eighteen days After the first breach in the body of the fortress the garrison sustained seven assaults and caused immense loss to the enemy This siege should be counted among the most brilliant pages of our history The gunboat Mitrailleuse actively assisted in the defenie of Thuy enquan General Negriers column pushed rapidly northward since the cap ture of Langson He has now destroyed the line of forts which guarded the Chinese Chi-nese frontier and blown up the fortifications fortifica-tions known as the Gate of China PARIS March 9Gen Briere de Lisle telegraphs the government that his loss during two days fighting te relieve the I French garrison at Thuyanqua was C6 I killed 13S wounded The garrison itself lost 50 killed 30 wounded Thirty French officers are among the killed The British government demands that the Russians shall retire from the Afghan frontiers whether put in form of an ultimatum ulti-matum or not The final choice of peace or war lies in the hands of Russians Russian-s ltesm n |
