The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-26
The French Nearly DemOlish the City
Correctly Reported.
AND INACCURATE A BRUTAL WAR.
The Fortress, the Fleet, the PaGodas and
Seighboring Villages the Prey to
Barbaric Bombardment-
French Deny the Worst.
Brutal and Barbsrous Bombardnent.


nese soldiers, who were in uniform and
armed. The French chief Of staff re-
ports the French loss at six men. The
Times correspondent believes this esti-
mate untrue. An English pilot was
killed during the scare saturday night,
when the French opened their fire, and
il is believed sunk one of their own
boats. The bombardment was de-
scribed as of the most sickening charac-
ter. The Chinese fleet lately on the Min
river, with the exception of TWO ships,
was blotted out. No surrender was al
low ed the disabled and sinking ships.
Their guns were silenced, and they were
shollcd for hours.
700 CHOW DOOMED.
SHANGHAI, Aug. &.-Of the Chinese
men.o of-war which escaped tho French
bombardment at Foo Chow, one was
stranded and had her back broken. The
other met with no mishap. The French
recommended firing to-day, driving
their shots against the Pagodas. 1t is
Surmised that tho object of the removed
attack is to entirely oblitorate the place.
The French transports are Smelling the
villages on the heights around the ar
senal.
DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
Admiral Courbet opened fire at Up. m.
and the Chinese replied almost stimuli
taneously. The dock yards arsenal
fired Immediately, but with only par
tial success. The eleven vessels form
ing the Chinese fleet were mostly light
river and coast transports and were
really toys. The French had eight
heavily armed ships, namely; The
Volta, Duzay, Trouin, Delavening, AS
pie, Where, loux and Nillars. Several
| Chinese gun-boats maintained bravely
desultory fire for about quarter OF
An hour, when the survivors of then
crews lcaped overheard. The combat
was practically finished in seven min
utes. The superior French artillery
made tho contest, after disabling the
| Chinese vessels, no fight; IL was mas
sacre. This is the opinion of every spec
tator. Two eighteen-ton gun-b0nts oil
the Chinese fleet fought well, one sink
ing near the English man-of-war
"Champion," while the others stationed
above the junks made a good stand
The French kept up the fire on the
arsenal. neighboring buildings, forts,
barracks and villages until 5p. m, al
though the resistance from the shore
batteries ceased about 3. Some of the
French and Chinese ships were
engaged in close proximity to the En-
nlish men-of-war, Nigilant and Cham
pion. At q o'clock Sunday evening
three burning gun boats iloated down
the stream, one carrying the French
lcolors. Numerous fired junks were
blazing in u dangerous mnnner, ana Inn
perilled the English men-of"war, bu
they were Tended oil. One English bari
was saved by the English men-of. war
t The French torpedo boats exploded TIT
stem of the transports and the TWO SINK
|
as the dead and wounded tloated by
were terrible. The English saved many
of the wounded. The forts lower dow
have not vet been attacked. Tho Time'
correspondent, the only newspaper rep
resentativo present, was on board th'
Champion.
CAICUTrAN CONCLUSIONS.
. CALCUTTA, Aug. 23.--The China Fran
co war to the present time has little, |
any, effect upon the Indian trade, ant
the money market. IL is believed thu
effect of the hostilities will he slight
unless the war Is prolonged.
CHINA PUTs IN A HlT.
LoNDoN, Aug. 2j.-Tho Times dis
match from Foo Chow this afternoon
saws: "rhe French ironclads entered
the mouth Of the river this afternoon a
2 o'clock. The white fort opened lir'
with Krupp cannon. The White ship
were three miles away. After NJ
hours engagement the French retired
The Chinese fire was good
SEEKING SAFETY,
PARIS, Aug. 25.A dispatch from
I.ien-tZin on yesterday saws the Frencl
charge d'ailairs has left there. The act
ing Consul remains.
WHAT FIR NCE WILL DotO
The Republique Franchise says France
will soon seize and retain such territor,
IN China rs Is useful to her.
THE CELESTIAL COMMANDER.
Chang Pie Lun will lead the Chimes
troops against the French.
uEN. MILLor WIDE AWAKE.
PARIS, Aug. 2i.-A dispatch from
Hanoi, of to-day, says: GEN. Millot ha
taken the necessary measures for rcpel
ling tho expected Chinese invasion o
ronquin.
nj tMoRFD DECLARATION or WAR.
II is run orcd in Paris that China ha
mndo u formal declaration Of war, an,
has notified the Powers 70 that effect.
INDIGNANT.
The French papers are indignant a
tho statements made by the LOndol
rimos regarding the bombardment q
Foo Chow.
THE loss AT roo CHOW.
vienna, Aug. -. A special tron
Shanghai says; The arsenal at Fo
Chow is in ruins and l,S0 workmen on
1 If employment. The arsenal cost ",
. OOO, 900 francs, and the arms and ammu
milton destroyed were valued at 10000
600 francs.
WHAT THE CHINESE pIp.
PARIS, Aug. 5.-I.a Grance says: TIL
Chinese, foroseeing the bombardment {
, Foo Chow, stripped the arsenal OF II
portable values.