DISASTERS IN COCHIN CHINA.
News from Saigon, in Cochin China, up td the 28th February. On tbe 24th ot that month a battle took place between the Anamese and the French and Spanish forces. As usual, the allies were victorious, storming and taking the enemy's fortified camp, as well as a large quanity of arms and ammunition. The French are said to have lost three hundred rank and file, killed and wounded. One French general was killed, and a Spanish general died jfrom exposure and fatigue soon after^ the battle. The' Spaniards have lost about thirty-five killed and, five wounded. The enemy's, loss is said to haveJieen something tremendous. It is supposed that this victory will most likely have the effect of inducing the natives to look at matters in the light the French wish them to. The Batavian news bears date up to the 2nd ultimo. The principal topic is a severe flood, which has lately devastated Java. Some 50,000 persons have lost everything they possessed, and three or four thousand lives have, beqn sacrificed. A subscription iB being raised at Singapore and the other islands for the relief of the sufferers.
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Otago Witness, Issue 496, 1 June 1861, Page 9
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