4
16f
squadrons
were
repulsed with.__
severe loss from the Jaku Forts, at the mouth of the reiho, the river
leading to liking. The French have
no troops
-nearer than Tonquin, and probably could not land
more than about one thousand
(1000) men from their squadron··
3.
There has been
a.
renewal of excitement against
all Europeans among
the Chinese populace at Canton and the
other treaty borts, and especially at Foochow, where the two French
Admirals
Admirals (Courbet and Lespès) have
been for
are
some weeks with the
greater part of their squadron. The chief Foreign settlements in China
protected by English, German, and American gun-boats. Wonghong
emains profoundly tranquil ; indeed the additional Military.
and Polize
precautions taken for
some months past preclude the possibility of any serious outbreak. Moreover, although there is always here a number of the disorderly
classes from Canton and other
cities