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to the Commander in Chief of the
China Station relative to French
procedings in Tong-king.
Ja
али
Sir
Your most Bedient
humble servant
Pauncefote.
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Extract from letter of H. M. Consul at Saigon
dated March 29.1882.
" I also beg to advise the aspartere "of the Transport "Brac " on the 16" mist. for "Tong. King, having
board 40 Annanese and 2013
"French Soldiers, accompanied by the gun- "Parseval "
"If this small force is
- for the purpose of occupying
A
bout
as
I believe
on
new post "Passeval "may mean
the Jonge, the presence of the "Passival
nothing,
at
as
ally
her Station is Toughing.
cate, this is the first step, and
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'the rest will folles naturally enough, at a
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"more propitions season of the year."