Hue

Hue is a town well fortified in the European style, about 10 miles above the mouth of the river Hue, which flows into the China Sea near the Gulf of Tonquin, and it is the capital of Anam. Besides the outer walls, five miles in extent, there is an inner citadel fortified with two walls, and containing the palace. Only small vessels can get over the bar at the river's mouth, wdiere is a fort occupied by a French garrison, Hue also having a French resident.