Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-26
MASSACRED.
The General Opinion That Saturdays Con
test Was Not Fight, But Massacre.
The French Continued Firing for Hours
After the Chinese Were Disabled.
Sickening Scenes as the Dead and the
Wounded Floated Down the
River Nun,
MASSACRED.
A French Iron-Clad Repulsed Yesterday
After an Hours Hot Engagement.
THE rnAScocurNnsE DIFFICULTIES,

TIE IIANCOCuINEsE DIIttCtLIit-.
THE FRENCH STILL FIRING.
SHANGHAI, Aug. POT the Chi
nese men OF war which escaped the
French bombardment NJ Foo Chow,
one was stranded and had her back
broken; the other met with no mishap.
The French recommended firing to-
day, directing their shots against
the pagodas.
THE FRENCH REFUSED.
LONDON, Aug. PA Times dis
patch from Foo Chow this afternoon
says: "a French iron-clad entered the
mouth of the river this afternoon at
o'clock. The white fort opened fire
with Krupp cannon while the ships
were three miles away. After an
hours engagement the French
retired. The Chinese fire was good. -
SICKENING SCENE.
LONDON, Aug. pa Times Foo
Chow dispatch, dated Sunday at D.
M, says the French shelled the bar.
racks and camps near Quanboo. No
resistance was made to the attack.
The consulate buildings were looted
by Chinese soldiers, who We're in uni
form and armed. The French chief of
stan reports that the French lost six
men. The Times correspondent be.
lieves this statement untrue. An
English pilot was killed during the
scare Saturday night, and when
the French opened their
fire and it is believed sank their own
boats.
The bombardment is described as of
the most sickening character. The
Chinese fleet lately on the Nun river,
with the exception of two ships, was
blotted out. No surrender was al
lowed the disabled and sinking ships.
After their guns We're silepced they
were shelled for hours.
DETAILS OF THE BoMBARDAIENT.
LONDON, Aug, 25.-Admiral Cour-
bet opened lire at p. M, and the
Chinese replied almost simultaneous
ly. The dock yards of the arsenal
fired Immediately, but with only par
tial success. The eleven vessels form
Ing the Chinese fleet We're mostly light
river and coast transports. and
Were really loose. The French
had eight heavily armed ships,
namely: the Volta, Duzay. TrOuin,
Delavoning, Aspic, Vipere, Loux and
NilaIs. Several Chinese gunboats
maintained bravely desultory fire
for about u quarter OF an hour, when
the survivors of their crews leaped
overheard. The combat was practically
finished in seven minutes. The
superior French artillery made the
contest, after disabling the Chinese
vessels, no fight ut all, 1t was massacre.
This IL the opinion of every spectator.
Two lS-ton gunboats of the Chinese
fleet fought well, one sinking near
the English man-of-war Champion,
while the other, stationed above the
junks, made a good stand. The French
kept up fire on the arsenal, neigh
boring buildings, forts, barracks, and
villages until b p. M, although resist
ance from the shore batteries closed at
SIP. IN. Some French and Chinese
ships were engaged in clese proN unity
to the English men-of-war Vigilant
and Champion. AT & Sunday morn.
ing three burning gun-boats fioated
down the stream carrying the French
colors. The numerous blazing hunks
imperiied the English men.of.
war, but were tended of.
One English bark was sunk
by the English nen-of.war. The
French torpedo boats exploded the
sterns OF the transports and the two
sinking gunboats. The scenes on the
river, NJ the dead and wounded tloated
by, were terrible. The English saved
many wounded. The forts lower down
have not yet attacked. The Times
correspondent was the only rewspaper
representative present. He was on