Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-30
FOREIGN WARS.
s,,uch Meet With Material Re
|'.,ses in Tonauin-A Cabinet
Crisis Imminent.
..,a.v Fixed as the Day for the
s.s,b 10 Meet the Rebels Under
)suan Dlgms at Tamai,
oeustion on the Afghan Front
IN Unchanged - Awaiting
Russia's Answer.
YTANCE AND CHINA.
.he rslestlala vietorIou..

,,e Ceiestials Victorious.
Iy,s March 29.--Ths Chinese
~ Gained victory over the
R.ch at Lsngson Friday. They
I'D the key of the position and
entertainments. The French
L. retrested beyond Dong Dong.
E,y are falling back on the Longkoi.
Esgtench loss in men and guns Is
i.mown. Chinese. 1t is estimated,
lXsNVO0 strong. They menace The
ksnnh lines of communication with
South.
m Is reported at Paris that Gen.
idsre de Lisle asks 10000 reinforce
1.ns. The French reverses have in-
fs.sed the political excitement at
y, Md, The narrow majority obtained
4 The government yesterday on the
tste Of con fidence leads to the expec-
lion that the ministry will be de
fated in the next Tonquin debate
I'M then resign. The Radical and
EonMchist organs predict the early
I'm OF Premier Ferry.
Prince Or of the Russian diplo-
hstist, died at Fontainebleau to-day.
An Account of the Defeat.
4 pARIs, March 80 The following
RIspstch has been received from Gen
Edere de Lisle, dated Hanoi, March
N: ~ regret to announ Q that Gen
kegrier hs8 been severely wounded
Ind obliged to evacuate Lsngson.
HE Chinese, in three large columns
|msds an impetuous alta, k on our po-
ktions before Kilna. Col. Heroinger,
N the face of the superior numbers OF
HE enemy and an exhaustion of am
|hunilion WAS obliged to retreat to
Dong Dong and Hanoi. l am mass.
|bR the forces. II The enemy still
|lnrcreses, l shall retire to
|Epgker. Whatever happens, | hope
b be able to defend the whole delta
Please send achievements as quickly
b possible"
The cabinet met S O'Clock this
Evening Another meeting will Il
heli in the morning.
heinforcements win be Sent.
Journal des Debats save: "Frsnc'
will make the necessary Efforts In be
BALI of her SINS In Tonquin. Rein
will be sent, not to-mor
pw, but to dag. Tomorrow, how
,ver, we shall see with whom thu
rests "
Steele urA es q French expedition U
'ekin, aud says Premier Ferry vii
make a statement in the chamber o
leputies tomorrow.
A Complete Defeat for tho French
LONDON, March 80. "A dispatcl
rom Paris saye, 1t is officially al
that the Chinese troops OF
the Tonquip, frontier esterday, mad
q desperate attack upon the entrench
ed camp established by Gen, Negriei
between Langson and Kilns
land from which Gen. NegTie
had been making reconnaissance j
Ilhe country separating Tonquin fr0L
China proper. The Chinese drove Ill
French back beyond Laugs>n and re
captured that town. During the serie
OF fights Gen, Negrier was grievousl
wounded, and the French cssuslti'
were very serious.
The latest accounts represent II
French in full retreat with the On
nese vigorously pursuing them =,
vast quantity of oommissary and oil
er stores was lost.
Gen. Negrier received a gun sh
Wound ia the chest. He was biougl
from the field, but his recovery
doubtful.
The total French loss In killed al
wounded Ia not yet known &c
Briere de Lisle, who Is In chief cor
msnd of Tonquin, telegrsphs for s
slstance in an imploiing toi
which leads the Psrislsns to expe
fur her disasters A council of W
was held to-day with Gen. Lew'
minister OF war, presiding. tnten
excitement prevails wherever the b'
news has become known in France.