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Grand Rapids Morning Telegram
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
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French General Brier de Lisle occupied Tuyen Quang on March 8, relieving the besieged garrison after Chinese forces lifted the 18-day siege on March 2. General Negrier advanced northward from Langson, destroying several Chinese frontier forts including the Gate of China.
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Paris, March 7.—General Brier de Lisle telegraphs from Tuyen Quang that March 8 he occupied that town and relieved the French garrison which had been besieged there. The Chinese fought desperately for eighteen days and made seven assaults upon the town, but, being warned of the approach of the French reinforcements, raised the siege during the night of March 2 and hastily departed. Advisers from Langson state that General Negrier is rapidly making his way northward, and has blown up several forts on the Chinese frontier, among them the Gate of China, one of the strongest fortifications on the boundary line.
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Tuyen Quang
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March 2, March 7, March 8
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french relieved the besieged garrison; chinese raised the siege and departed after 18 days and seven assaults; several chinese frontier forts blown up including the gate of china.
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General Brier de Lisle occupied Tuyen Quang on March 8 and relieved the French garrison besieged for eighteen days by Chinese forces who made seven assaults but raised the siege on the night of March 2 upon learning of French reinforcements. From Langson, General Negrier advanced northward and blew up several forts on the Chinese frontier, including the Gate of China.