The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
The Kinpai Fortifcations and All Other De
fenses Along the Banks Of the Min River
Completely Destroyed.
Chinese Loot and Burn the Foreign
Quarter Of the City of Foo-ChOw.
The Peruvian Rebel Caceres Enters the City
Of Lima and Street Fight Ensues in
Which 150 Men Are Killed.
THE FKANco-CH1NEsE WAR.


Admiral COurbet Demolishes the Kinpai
Forts-M. Ferry's Criticism.
LONDON, Aug. pa Shanghai dispatch Of
Foo Chow, were silenced on Tuesday evening
To-day there was heavy cannonade between
the French feet and the Kinpai forts which are
situated at the northern mouth of the Min
river
The Mmess dispatch, dated Foo Chow, P.
M, to-day, says the Kinpai forts have been de-
stroyed.
A later dispatch from the Foo-Chow cor
respondent of the Times says: II have just re-
turned from Kinpai All the defenses along the
Min river are gone. The Chinese troops bolted
The French feet can lombard the towns, but
occupation of the main land is impossible"
Chang 81 Tung, Tartar general in the
province of Kiang See has been appointed high
Chang retains the governorship of Pee Chi Lii
only. Tso Tsung Tang takes command of the
troops in the south.
Admiral Courbet has been ordered to occupy
Hainan after taking Keelung
Following is Admiral Courbets report of his
operations on the Min river up to last evening:
''Our operations against the Mingan forts
have been successfully concluded All the Chi
nese batteries were destroyed We have shat
tered all their cannon with gun-cotton. An at
tack on Kinpai will be made to-day"
dispatch which left Shangha, at 5:1O P. M.
to-day, says Admiral Courbet began to bonn
bard Kinpai yesterday. and heavy cannonade
still continues"
The French consul and French merchants, ex-
pelled from Canton last Saturday, by order of
the yiceroy, have arrived at Hong Kong A mob,
at Canton, invaded the Catholic cathedral, on
Wednesday but the building was cleared by
the efforts Of the foreign consuls, who induced
the French bishop and the missionaries to leave
Canton.
Paris dispatch says: Minister Ferry, in
private conversation, complained with much We
hemence of the structures of the London Times
regarding Courbet's conduct at Foo-Chow. The
French press, he said, showed no such spirit
when the English bombarded Alexandria The
English press, by egging China on, is siding
against Europe The confidence it gives
Chinese may next be turned against England.
Commercial nations are naturally uneasy at our
action, but, once resolved on redress, we must
deal blows which will tell Ferry dsavowed a
policy Of colonial conquest. my whole duty"
he declared, ''s to finish enterprises originally
ill-conceived, and illmanaged. We want peaceful
occupation of Tonquin, and we want to enforce
on China the respect she owes rs. European
interests need not be alarmed at this We are
acting for the civilized world.
Paris telegram says: Two thousand five
proceed to Tonquin if required. Ad-
miral Peyren, Minister Of Marine, has
telegraphed Admiral Courbet that war
supplies for the French forces can be
obtained at the arsenal at Saigon, in French
(I4n N 49,. s-1. r
have been suspended on account of intense heat
General Negerie will retire to Bacninh.
General Millot telegraphs from Tonquin that
he lost four men while repulsing pirates and
Black Flags, who pllaged the villages along Red
river and massacred the inhabitants
The French garrisons at Sontay and Hong
hoa, with the aid of gunboats. General Millot
states, succeeded in driving them into the noun
tains
Paris papers doubt the report that the French
have landed at Kelung and captured the forts.
In reference to this report La Liberte says the
landing of force of 800 men would not insure
the capture of Kelung
Admiral Courbet's official report up to this
evening is as follows
THE principal batteries on the Kin Pal chan
mel have been destroyed, and we hope to destroy
all other forts this evening. The line of torpe-
does barring the entrance to the river is being
fshed up, and the explosives are being secured.
The gunboats will leave the river BY another
channel. The Ospie has been dispatched to
guard the telegraph cable"
The London Times's Foo Chow dispatch, dated
last night, says: .Since the French descended
the river the Chinese have looted and burned
The foreigners quarter of the city Much dis
satisfaction is expressed at the action Of the
French in bombardiEg the city without landing
troops for the protection of foreigners. 1t is re-
ported that Germany has protested against this
action
'.The Chinese complain that English pilots
guided the French fleets during the engage
ments thus committing breach Of the neu-
trality laws. "