On account of the war with France in Annam, the frontiers of Kuangsi have required special measures of defence. We therefore promulgated a Decree, ordering the Fu-t'ai Heir Yen-hsii to march out of the barriers and command the garrisons for ly protecting the The said delayed his advance, contenting him: with holding Liang Shan, and instructing the Generat Huang Kuei lan, the Tao-t'ai Chao Won and oth guard the Annamese town of Baenivh. When the French attacked that place, the General referred to failed to exert himself, and Bacninh was lost hrough his running away; most deplorable fact, indeed of Bacninh was reported the severest also, has petitioned Us Jer the penalty to be Visited upon hi without Ieniency. Wo a Seoret Decree com g-hsin to leave Kunugsi py the Chen Nan Barriers with a special commission to degrade Hsit Yon-hsti and apprehend him for trial, We have also instructed Wang T8-pany to seize Huang Jan and Cuao Won and deprive then of office, and place Uhem on their trial too. By this time Pfan Ting-hsin must have reached Kuangsi, Let him immediately seize Hsii Yen-hsii, forward him to Peking, ud him over to the Buard of determination of a penalty, Péan Ting-hsi 5 acting in toncert with Wang 'Té-pang, will enquire into the causes of the defeat sustained by Huang Kuei-lan and Chao Woo, and if it be satisfactorily proved that' they oband their post and took to flight, let Memorial be presented to Us instantly, requesting Our permission to inflict' a penalty; they need not be handed over to the Board. The Captain Ch'én Té-kuei, who has been already degraded, and who was entrusted with the Fu Lin fortress, Jost it on the first onset of the French. The Colonel Tang Min-hsuan showed hiscoward-
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