The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-28
FRANCE AND CHINA.
PROGRESS OF THE NEW wAR..
The Chinese Loss at Foo Chow Estimated
ut 1000 Killed and 5000 Wounded
$1,000 Chinese soldiers
Ready-General News.
FrancO-Chinese war.
TIE FRENuu RrpoRr.

PARIS, Aug. H. The official report of
the bombardment of Foo Chow saturday
received from Admiral Courbet is as fol-
lows:
"Foo-CHow, Sunday morning. Aug
~. - "A good beginning has
Deeu MADE. We opened fire
Yesterday and - four hours
nlhe chinese men ut war and twelve
Iunhs were sunk, and the Krupp bat
5eiy commanding the arsenal silenced
our loss was SIN killed and twenty-sev-
on Wounded The fleet su Uttered no Sc
Ilous damage except that the boiler of n
torpedo boat burst. The Chinese Iosse"
are heavy. During the night the feet
WA, MAS Deset by burning wrecks and loo.
mo torpedo cutters will clear nil iris
| away To-day, and afterwards we will
lombard the arsenal. We shall moi
leave the river until the 10Th or 30tb
Inc olllcers and men are animated with
the greatest ardor.
one OF our torpedo boats sank a LARGE
\ nilleso Cruiser The vessels which
tooR pct in the action were the "Voli
- winch holsted my flag the "Dlgay,"
nrron2h,D "Iriumphante," Nillars,"
"Nipere,' with two torpedo boats.
Private kilograms received i'm Landau
report the Chinese forts on the Min river
holding out well against the French
Dombardmcnt. The French gunhonts
IRE sun unable to pass down the river
Inc thlneSe authorities are confident of
the strength Of the forts. VI
THE SITUATION AT FoO-Cuow.
LoNn \, Aug. IL despatch to-day
rom lI,0ii Shanghai to Reuters agency saws,
Of H. lio ~ rh loss IN the b0mbardmenl
W roo NhoW was seven killed and four
,uen wounded; The Chinese loss is esti.
mated at ,0nO killed ana 1000 wonndod
me Chlncse man-of war Nangwee was
exploded by II torpedo after il had fred
torpedo boat. The boiler '''1 Of
the latter was exploded by hand gron.
uIGs thrown ron the Yangwee, after
i, the boat was sunk to prevent h. !
Xxx captured by the Cnnfnase, MI,
cam riu,,on expected to occupy tho height,
commanding the pagoda anchora"os
rs reported that there are 75,Oo0 C XXI,
''o'PS IN the vicinity of Foo. Chow, loS'
Aooo.hNi IMPRoB iBLE REPORT.
ceived 10 report, re
nose troops Oh i nUntday ~ 50 1000 chi |
had an engagement VIII. fonquin and
TINS battle IL is assertG the French. In
were killed. several thousand
LoNpoy, GNuLNNp THINKS.
csted in Aug. 1.-THE circles inter
ma A. Commercial relations with Chi
of 20 debating the ACCESSIBILITY
,,o,J presenting memorial to
XXX" raNville, Secretary OF Foreign
nnrt, 4. This would urge the foreign de-
np% "," .ncnt to 60 operate with America
IN Germany in representing to France
n o serious injury which will be IN
.icled upon trade by interfering with
Chinese treaty ports.
NuT MuCH or 4 WAR YET.
LoNpoN, Aug. IA Calcutta dis.
patch saNs the war between China and
France thus far has had little if any Of
feet on the India trade or money market.
It's believed the effect will only DO
slight, unless the war is prolonged.
VIII. OCCUPY FORMOSN.
PANS, Aug. 2I.-lt is Srmi.ofliciallv
announced that after Admiral Coprbct
| leaves the Min river he will occupy tho
| island of Formosa, which will remain
| in The hands of the French until China
pays the indemnity demanded by
| France.