FRANCE AND CHINA
HEAVY BATTLE.
REPULSE OF THE CHINESE
'FRENCH GENERAL WOUNDED.' (b y<electric telegraph-copyright .) (better's telegrams.) Paris. Oct. 9. Dispatches have been received from Tonquin stating that an engagement has taken place between a force of. Chinese numbering 6000 men and the French troops under General Negrier at Kew. The battle lasted for five hours, when the Chinese fled having suffered heavily from the French fire. General lost 21 meu killed and 50 wounded, and|was himself wounded slightly.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 270, 11 October 1884, Page 3
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79FRANCE AND CHINA Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 270, 11 October 1884, Page 3
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