CO129-218 - Administrator Marsh Governor Sir Bowen & Others - 1884 [11-12] — Page 203

3.

200

well-in

- informed quartere that the Chinese w

intrued to attack the Freuch men -

-of-war

engaged in the blockade of Formoca, with a squadron forced from the best ships

of their Fleet. These

in number, viz:-

Chac-yung

are stated to be seven

steel cruisers with rous projecting

with two 18 or 25-ton Armstrongs,

in barbette, eight 12-ton brecableading Krupps, broadside, and bomachine-guns.

composite frigate,

Yuyuan,

armed with two 12- ton breech loading.

Vavasseurs, placed bow and stern,

and

defended by 21⁄2 inch steel shields, and twenty 60 pr. brocchloading Krupps

aud

Yang-

wei : Armstrong

fuct)

gun

deck.

nineteen feet, (surealler Essucraldas in

steaming livo 25ton Armstrong steel guns, placed

16 Kuok, each armed with

bow and stern, four 40.pr:

four 40 pr. broadside

machine-guns.

brechloaders, and four ina

Nan- shen and Nan-shui :

New German built cruisers, each arnced

Ch

on the

Công chưng, confrovide mu

armed with two 12 ton guns, placed

bow and stern, and eight 45 pr.

breechloading Kruppo broade ide.

Kai-chi, comporile corvette,

-

and like the không chúng

arved

with

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