FRENCH AND SIAMESE.
Battle in Which the Latter Were Repulsed With Heavy Loss.
PROSPECTS OP PEACE IN MEKONG VALLEY VERY POOR
French
Marines Attack and Capture the Forts at Donthane and Tappan, on the Upper
Mekong—French Merchant man Seized by Siamese at the Mouth of the Menam River
and Sunk to Blockade the Channel.
Special
to the Record-Union.
Paris,
July 17.—M. Delanessan. Governor-General of French Indo-China, telegraphs the
Foreign Office that a detachment of Siamese troops attacked the reconnoitering
force of the Anamite militia on July 5th at Anake. The Siamese were repulsed
with great loss. One Anamite was killed. People everywhere in the Laos
district, which lies to the northward of Siam proper, are, according to the
dispatch, siding with the French.
FRENCH MERCHANTMAN SEIZED
Saigon, July 17.—The troubles between the
French and Siamese on the Mekong river continue. The French marines have
attacked and captured the forts at Donthane and Tappan, on the upper Mekong.
The French lost six killed and several wounded. The Siamese loss was heavy.
The French merchantman Jean Say has been
seized by the Siamese at the mouth of the Menam river and sunk to block the
channel. The crew was badly treated and thrown into prison at Bangkok.
