Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-21
One of the Nest Sickening Massacres
Recorded in History.
THE VILLAGE FIRED BY BOMBS,
And the Fleeing Natives Shot Down
Like Wild Beasts.
MAD SAILORS KILL THE WOUNDED
A General Budget Of Foreign Intelli-
gence Of Interest.
AMMAN.
Especial Cablegram to the Globe. !

Especial Cablegram to the Globe.I
LONDON, Oct, 20.-An officer of the
French expeditionary force in Tonquin
sends the following description of the fall
Of Hue:
The beaten Annamites were cooped up
in the burning village. The only road Of
escape from the flames lay under the guns
of the fort, which was filed with sailors
armed with Krapolethak repeating rifles,
with sights carefully adjusted to the dis
lance. Magazines of rifles were duly load
ed. The men looked On, waiting until
a flank movement OF the other troops
and the firing OF the bamboo
huts should drive the human
quarry out before them. We saw them
hating at the end of the village with singed
hair andgarments. Then, after few mo-
ments' hesitation, tucking up their flowing
robes as high as they could, and trying to
protect their heads with planks against the
impending shower of bullets, tkey rushed
on. great butchery then commenced.
Two volleys were fired. TWAS quite treat
(cetai an plaisir) to see these fan-like
streams of bullets sweeping down upon the
fugitives. They were poured in twice in one
minute at the word of command, and in
sure, methodical manner. It was like q Jet
from a huge wstering-pot, which
moved them down by dozens. In cloud
of dust and gravel We could see some who
seemed to be driven mad picking them
selves up limping, some one way, some
another, like wounded animals. Gather
ing up their robes in comical manner
their long hair unfastened and streaming
down their back, made them look like
women, Others tried to escape.by swim
ming lagoon to try to reach the Junks.
These were killed in the water. Some good
divers remained long time under water.
Our men continued TO kill them all the
same when they came up to breath Ekeseals
The men than amused themselves count
ing the dead. Fifty on the left; eighty to
the right. In the village were small heaps.
With those killed in the southern forts
about 800 or 1000 must have been dis
posed of. The sailors made bets as to the
number destroyed.
About in the morning all was over
and the rout of the Annamites was com
plete. The heat was intense and the sail
ors, maddened by the sun and the noise
and quivering with excitement, rushed out
of the fort after the wounded. Some we're
crouching in holes, Others we're feigning
death, while others at the last gasp were
stretching out their hands pleading
for mercy and shouting "Han! Ranw in
accents. Our men slaughter
ed them with bayonets or Drained them
with the butts of their guns. The Anna
mite servants, diminative effeminate lads,
who had followed the infantry from Saigon
were hunted out. When one of the fugi-
tives was unearthed the sailors would call
out, "Hsre's another give him ie ang, lie
ang." These sailors were quite unrecog-
nizable. They were absolutely madmen.
The officers attempted to restrain them
and said to them. "You ought to be
ashamed of such cowardly, dirty work."
They replied, THE Annamites are savages.
They carried the head of Capt. Riv1ere on
the top of pike and if they carried the
day they would cut the French to pieces
or saw them within two planks." There
was no reply possible TO this. 1t was
true and SO they were left to their grim
work