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Pakhoi relative to the proceeding:

of a French Expeditionary Force,

which it is reported, has been

Sent by the French Government

5. The

to Hanoi with a

view

innescation

the Kingdom of

Annam.

Jam.

Your most obedient

humble servant

Copy

M &

My Lord,

RECO

C.0.

9377

REGE 27 MAY 32

225

H.B. M. Consulate

Pakhor April 4. 1882

Enth China

I have the honor Dreport for

pháp

Iff's information that intelligence. received here by private letters from Haiphany. that the French Gort landed an expeditionary force there on the

evening of the

18h mist, which

proceeded up the river sitt the expressed -intention of capturing the tenor Citadel, their ultimate beject being the annexation of the Kingdom of Aunam. The force referred to, which is looked upon as only the vanguard of a stronger contingent

in that was described as

brought from Saigon

an

"Ironclad," but

Which was

More

probally

ALL

of the large

transports used for the conveyance of troops

The Earl Graw with K. G