The French cruiser Volts, Cupt: Gigon, arrived here yesterday morning (10th) from Matson and Kelung for the purpose of take ing in a stock of coal and provisions, and ig on to Touron and Saigon. She brings news of sume further high Kelung, which took place on the 2ud i General Lin Ming-chuan matured a plan for taking the French by surprise, and driving them from the heights they have ug for some time past back However, there was treachery in the Chinese camp, and from Chinese sources Admiral. Courlet wind of dotal not able to go ashore y and have had to depend for their information upon whatever they ovuld pick up at second hand from others why had been ashore. As far as could be gathered, the facts were that in the early morning, at daybreak, the great coup was attempted by Liu Ming-chuan who marched hi up to the French positions, everything quiet, fondly may had succeeded is designs and had caught riy napping. He was pretty soon disagreeably undeceived, however, for suddenly " hot fico was poured into' his braves from either flank, where he had not expected to find any enemy.
The fact was that i toad of taking the French by they had turned the table and he had mon i to got out of which they li ble gauntlet. No by th se, but almost directly ti
peut was the order of the day, and they Frouch opened fire upon them, sauve qui hastily executed a strategic movement to the rear, I ground hot © man was killed, which fact' is Ww what sort of stant was a mandarin of hig!
1 Courbet managed every thi mirably, and doubtless it was owing to the excellent knowledge i ts and us of the enemy able to prevent considerable loss of life in his own ranks, After this t, the Chinese destroyed by fi nding villages, and Admiral C caused the village of Kelung to similarly destroyed.—Daily Press,
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