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on the ruins of the Forts without further opposition. It is reported
" that there were several good Krupp guns captured.
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A French Naval
Captain now at Hongkong tells
me that Admiral Courbet is
again - waiting for instructions from Paris; and that, if the Chinese do not yield and resume the negotiations, Foochon, Amoy and other Ports will probably be attacked. The Canton River has been too well blocked by the Chinese to
render
render it possible for the French ships to reach that City.
It is reported at Honghong
3.
this day that fresh Chinese troops have entered Tonquin and joined the "Black" "Flag" banditti, and that the united force is again threatening the French in that Province, and rendering it difficult for them to - spare troops for any land operations in conjunction with the French squadron, on the coast of China.
4.
At the same time it
is reported that the new King of
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