Date.
District.
11
Occurrences.
1885. Jau.
6 Fengshan district
Jan. 7
Jan, 8
95
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Jau. $
13
13
Jan.
9 Taiwan district
Jan. 10 Fengshan district
Jan. 10 Taiwau district
Jan.
10 Hêng ch'un district.
Jan. 10 Taiwan district
Jan. 11
**
35
Jan. 11 Fengshan
Jao. 11 Taiwan
·
53
Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Fengshan
Jan. 14
Jan. 14 Hêng ch'un district ..
Jan. 15 Taiwan
Jan. 16
"
Jao. 17
*
Jan. 18
15
Jau. 19
5
Jan. 19
Jan. 21
**
**
The night before resumption of the blockade one juuk seized and
burnt at Takow.
Two Namoa junks, with miscellaneous cargoes, including 45 chests
of opium, shelled and sunk at Takow,
At Tankang a large jnuk drifted ushore derelict. Reported that all
crew made prisoners.
The
A large junk found floating, but water-logged, at Tankang. Opinn
and piece-goods found in her hold. At Auping some twenty or thirty fishing-rafts put to sea.
French ships opened fire on them with big guns, but all got back safely. Subsequently four junks were captured and anchored asteru of French vessels. One 300-picul junk, with dried fish from Pescadores, ran the gauntlet of three Frenchmen, and completely out-manoeuvred them. She got in safely, with the loss of one man only. The French fleet fired
very
badly, missing time after time at close ranges. Triomphaute," iron-clad, using her big guns and firing round after round from machine-guns in her tops, at the wretched junk people. The ships engaged in this warfare " are the "Château-Renault," "Champlain," and the iron-clad. The captured junks were subsequently scuttled or blown up, and those of the crews not killed made prisoners. At Nan Shih-hu two fire-wood juuks sunk; crews made prisoners,
except oue helmsman shot.
At Anping five junks from North Formosa were sunk opposite the
Anping fort. Crews never heard of again.
A French ship at Kueishan fired twenty shots at junks. Two with
charcoal were sunk as they were entering the barbour.
Four junks, bound to Taiwan with pea-nuts, burnt at Koksikong.
Crews never heard of again.
A junk at anchor near the shore at Kumeich'i; boat party sent from
a passing French ship burnt her. Crew escaped.
Namoa junk sunk by the big guns of a French ship at Chung Chi-
chuang.
Three junks with miscellaneous cargoes seized near Ssŭ Tsac-lu, and towed off in a south-west direction. Junks and crews never heard of again.
Two junks burnt at Auping and one at Takow,
South-west from Takow large junk burnt in the open sea. Crew
never heard of,
At Fang-liao, the fire-wood port north of South Cape, a steam-launch and heat put off from a French vessel, blew up and burnt all the junks at anchor there. Torpedoes used.
A French ship sank two Auping charcoal junks at anchor at Chia La- tang. Passing on to Pei Chili-liao, where a junk loaded with fire-wood was at anchor, she sent off a steam-launch und blew the junk up.
Junks anchored at Koksikong fired and destroyed.
Renault" captured three and made crews prisoners.
"Château-
At Anping eight large junks which came over from Amoy in company, tried to run in in daylight. Seven were captured in the attempt, and one got in. Crews of all seven never heard of again. Janks anchored at first astern of Frenchmen, six subse- quently scuttled or blown up, one turned adrift.
Loss estimated at 250,000 dollars, junks and cargoes, all Chinese
owners.
“Château-Renault" caught a large junk off Anping; crew made
prisoners; junk turned adrift.
A French ship off Chih-ban-hao with a junk in tow. She turned the
junk adrift and fired at her till she was knocked to pieces.
Junk from North Formosa fired on and sunk at Ssu Tsao-hu.
never heard of again.
Crew
At Ta Sha-wan a junk was destroyed. Crew all killed, either shot or
drowned, none escaped.
"Château-Renault" returned from north at 1 r., with a large junk
in tow.
Junk subsequently sunk and crew made prisoners.
Compiled from Chinese Returns of Coastguard, and daily reports and telegrams from Auping and Takow, personal observation, occasional reports from foreigners, &c.
(Signed) WM. DONALD SPENCË, Acting Consul
Taiwan, January 26, 1885.
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