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There was no perceptible damare dons to the French ships, but it was reported that they had
lost five or six men killed, and had six or seven men wounded, including the officer in charge of the torpedo bost, and one of the crew already mentioned. Among the killed was an English pilot belonging to Focchow, named Thomas, who met his death on board the Volta from a grape shot.
At four o'clock on Sunday morning a Chinese torpedo boat-s converted steam lannch-was seen to come drifting down the river, and she was sunk by heavy firing from the French ships, At 10 o'clock that morning the Volta, with the gunboats Lyne, Aspio, and Vipère, steamed round the Pagods and completed the demolition of the Arsenal and the various other Chinese Go- vernment buildings, and this was going on up to the time the Woosung left the anchorage, at half past twelve.
During the fighting the French wore careful to avoid firing upon private property, but two or three shots struck the Custom House either fired from the French men-of-war ac- cidentally, or from the Chinese gunboats- İ perhaps from the guns that were exploded by the best of the flames on board the latter. The report current in this colony as to the loss of any French man-of-war is entirely without foundation, as is also the report that a typhoon put a stop to the hostilities on Satur- day. During Thursday and Friday it was blowing hard from the NE bat Satur- day and Sunday were both beautiful days, and the Woosung had fine weather all the way down. The French ironclads Bayard and La Galis- sonière were seen anchored off the White Dogs. and it was understood the French programme was to destroy the Arsenal, the adjoining works, and the Chinese men-of-war by the Sunday, and on the Monday proceed to de. molish the various forts which line the river.
With reference to the telegram received in the colony to the effect that a Frouch ironclad had attacked a fort near Sharp Poak and been beaten off, it is not thought the latter part is at all likely. The corvette Chateau-Ronard, and the cruiser Sans were seen lying off the Kimpai Forts, and it is supposed these two vessels were waiting to operate against the river fortifications.
The British men-of-war lying at the Anchorage were the corvettes Chompion, Sapphire, and the dispatch boat Vigilant, on board which was Admiral Sir W. M. Dowell. The American cor- vette Enterprise was also there; while at Foochow were the British gunboat Merlin and the Americar gunboat Monocacy, which were watching over the interests of the foreign community. There was also a force of 400 British, American, and French mon-of-war's men ashore to guard them against any mob rising. The German corvette Prinz Adalbert arrived at Pagoda Anchorage the next morning, in time to see operations commence for that day.
The merchant vessels at the Anchorage during the bombardment besides the Woosung were the British steamers Glenfinlas and Mary Austin, the British barques Butaria and Guiding Star, and the German barque Sin Kolga. These vessels were exposed to much danger of being set on fire by the buruing Chinese gunboats, and the Batavia was towed from her anchorage.
The French made no attempt to land any force of men to hold any of the places they had bombarded.
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