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correspondents of the Hong Kong Press in Tonquin, respecting the taking of Bacninh by the French. Perhaps, the proper term to use would be the evacuation of Bacninh by the Garrison, which retreated at one end of the place when the French attacked the other end. There was little fighting and little loss of life on either side.
2. If the Chinese and guerilla "Black Flags" carry on a warfare in the hilly country on the border-land of Tonquin and the Chinese frontier province of Yunnan; the French may require a larger force than the Army of fifteen thousand (15000) men they have there to thoroughly subdue and hold the country. Moreover, when the rainy season begins in April, the roads in Tonquin become impassable.
3. There are many rumours in circulation here of the probable proceedings in the ...