New-York tribune., 1884-11-26
TUE FRANCO-CHlNESE WAR.
OPERATIONS AT roRMosA

TAMoo' - %, N WA with much satisfaction
=" beng tossed about in tho cnanhe' ol Jim,
th" ,,ind Islands and headands on tne ,"'"ose
o. o.cape from the fury OF the not,ne's' ,s
eca'. ,o,,ter IIaoong approached the green ni''" "
or little this afternoon As came near the
Tam :" " a o,r lett not far from where they haa IAN
bar "e s 10 bombardmcnt, the remaining FRENCH
"u''"s ,.s station la Galissonniere III" p"s"''
ths o n looked rather stained the former SHOWING
lt'u" ..,e the latter rusty BACK IKE i"os o"'
arr! y, rsnrulns dress. heavy swell was sun ro'i-
danas ,,, s,, deep In the water AMI rode the waves
'n oa ale ~ sold ani sury defiance The rest hau oee"
VIZ either 10 themselves from the gaze IN
t.,. or 4, 20 where duty called along the coast OIL
rormcsa 49,. . ,... u, i,,~o,aa f,,n, the
,,,,,,sre and her captain cams ON hoan w an an
-s '' Il, b,,hen English the blockade OF the ehure
,, q, beng asked II the blockade had been ior'nn,
,.i,,si he SAID Yes. lie bocns paeihlne ~,
.., that the riaonc bnckale when 'hte'ie'e'.
,s,lns hn the importation OF souiers anu WV -, =,
sas made 20 npps TO al ports on the wes' eoas. ~
, . 8, mat af Tam snl, iia,ihs seen the inaht'e
W., t,ssu ,.t commanders word ioi his shali hlls
si,.reas earga lowered himself over the s''e ~
10 were then 40 w tho amy lahne' w WV ,ag
sr,yiae a,ef iha lufredees ahh shharh hhss ~ ,i
ana fs,n,ar we're nVisihe pit tih rlapps '" s''i 49,,
,,s ssVs n,ate apparent hy Heats wheA were h"uphs
a, d, i,ely way os lhe reeeiing tide iWshp ~ '"''l
tsuks have already heen sank ahh 'huf a'p ''''
nightly The torpeaoes are numerous Az" ''''S ~,
he seen bing shore near where lh" WV - -, -
,sbieh they are o. bs eXploiei heh''"' '''' =
',u, .oen landing these from steam launches rs
The, mass 10 aud FROM the coast steamers ou's W. 'n
The General Is a most ferooious warrior "' , a,,ae
renulse OF the French he talks hko an o'''" -,
Ie has been heard TO declare that u the frehon
,'"or be ca, heat them with 10000 OF his hill-men
60, with no better arms than spears ana malchiooHS'
Not only Is he going TO do this but he s"e"rs ' AZ ~
rods that when Chinese have repaired 'he'r hcc'
,es Will invade France end exterminate the he"'ncn
Fronchmen.
THE FRENCH LAND ATTACK.
launch passes up the bay the points OF interest
are po;uted out The French landed near tDis pl'ch
beacon lust the estuary bends northwaru anu '
sbore blends with lne with-as they ioo
cn but as those who counted the ros and boats thhS'
fulv 500 men, The landing place is distant from INC
white Fort and tie electric wire for which the French
,,ers aiming about two miles Between is cham OF
small hills running nearly to the beach, separated from
one another by low thick jungle growth OF scfe" pam
and bamboo The French advanced along 'ne shoie 'l
they were within considerably less than nile OF thef
,o,,n,,on Then they deployed across the rice fields
and in the edge OF hickets. where the FORCES Oh
General soon supposed to number 5000 had cohceaeu
themselves The ships had in the meanwhile sheed tue
thekets without far as is known, killing Chih'nh
or causing away.
o ,rce o the marty was watched from the top OF
the Ped Font until rifle fire became too hot Tor oo
servers What happened afterward can only DO ie1ho
from the Chinese whose stories are not uiy creuou
There was however. hotly contested BATTLE WHICH
lasted for over three hours with loss OF seventeen
French according to their own statements. ana oil
twenty two according General Soon, who also clahs
10 haze sunk ve cnemys boats The ChlneSe 'SI
about eighty killed and 40 $50 wounded much oi the
fatality having been caused by machine guns some
cs captured by the Chinese OF the Chassepot pat
tern slightly altered aud bore the mark IN German o
soma Austrian maker. The vessels principally engaged
were the Triomplanie, Galssonniere, Dugnay lIauh'
DEstaing. Chateau Renaud and Vpere The Nlp'fe'
having venturcd well in is said to have been hit twice.
once I'm the tops aud below the water n' having
her boilers haly damaged IL is reported thai consor
at injury was done by the bursting OF gun on the III
onphane but report lacks continuation Nox' u"y
q v,leas gale from the northeast seq H. ""ic" IL"
definitely post pole further hostile operation.
The Chinese hai In the White Fort-which Is loW
,,rhlv-hulr stJue wall just at the waters edge pro
,eet,d by sand bags-rhree Krupp guns bat lltte am
ia.nton. As a can be learned they h"n III 'hc
,irthwn ks further MP the hll-which are conspicuous
FROM the bay bccarse they appear to be madc Oi u7
,rrrated red saudstonc-twO or three more bie'cA-
,,lirc cant ons The sand bags OF the White Fort ap
,,r 10 have been some eShat knocked about but other
use net much damage has been done by the French
.l.s except 20 the hongs and gcfoc Storebon'es for
1lrccn merchants and residences These were pierced
;-afn and again Shells fell IN the grounds about .hem,
fraf,eusc G. shells struck the roofs kitchens and bath
yoops we're demolished, and though no lives OF white
rcr.ous were lost. there were many narrow escapes
The shells went the foreign settlement ana fell
on the lsiies tive miles from the SHIPS Nearly
every building belonging 20 torcsuers was struck ana
nearly every man now has little museum OF unexpioded
ses cf fragments winch he Keeps for future reference
Tho French are supposed 70 have retreited because the
nm rlen protected by undererowth. came IA between
them and thelr boats They hal no conception of The
numbers they might meet IN this unpleasant guerilla
warfare The battle brgin between . and ccoch
survey of tnE ririp
ANsr inirs isoh . survey ~ The country ho'n ihe
'lIaf fths hri ruft witch having nepn hrit with uli
imt.A ha ,asr hoe siuii ~ sln sears ~ Fimosin rh
sni siashaa .-rathiNt w-l y siinis hi=hrf 1874 ihe
t ib.R ih. Waite fit, ahl Haafpf W ihr hiip-H sr'ili
A0nt a. "a 80 rflspNt Htaiti ht ihr bfiiisN rsHlft
ph.ls Una FiaW FAN % laAhli hp psiiiH Ht Natural
taaaff H tusaai Amarea q ls Feiit ni sNfifsaio-
lFniuais. lhp hills sane -iaHhf Hr f''h n'he' a''A
1 iha has pusen Y siisht curves Al Wlant'iln"s "i
nualg eadns Ia iva peaks on ellnuF side at lhe ca
tsuge. The loWer sopes and small valleys aie covered
rce-ieds, which as they arc ie'eilod lor hood"-
Iltsen graceful series OF and sem circles. The
fields further up the hllsiies prestntus other
delicate shades of green. Nho uncnlIivated land o the
Hills equally essant 10 look al on and the LANDSCAPE
has the finish and rich c1or OF the best cultivated
country districts of England. know OF nothing 10 be
compared 1t In America, EXCEPT Chester and Mont
eomery counties in Pennsy yaEa few counties in East
trn the blue grass region or Kentucky, and
sAia Clara Valley IN California and those only repres
e the softer without the p features its high
hills and combination Of sea and land.
rce-nelds could see NJ burrows plOughei by
French shells and spots Of mud where pieces of shell had
struck after explosion The inside of the red earthworgs
plainly visible with few sentinels here there
the bulk of the garrison being carefully concealed
the 5000 or more men lying in the tckets the drec-
zion OF the French ships only here and man was
visible, with slhnpses OF small barricades in
Che bushes wheIeGenera Soon to have remouned
two Df his Injured On the opposite sbore
were TO be seen a lew straggers from the 5000 men
lying concealed in the bushes and sand pits Every-
thing seemed quiet and Peaceful Some men were seen
working in sweet potato patche. half a mile distant and
few hshng boats laziiy floating the bav I'm
The shallow opposite. lying high dry az law
il1L hnXe hce nnhi