from Hanoi, On the 14th the French Ihave just reosived the following norns carried at the point of the bayonet two of the outer works of Sontay. hey had 200 men and nineteen officers placed hors de combat, one of the officers being a chef de bataillon des Turcos. The loss of the Eh nese is as yet unknown, but it is bel heavy. The citadel i rounded by the French, and a gunboat is at Hunghoa to cut off the retreat entrench did not allow of the gun-50
boats opening fire.—Daily Press, Haiphong, 17th December.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.