Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-13


tcrn tted. far the time at lest, the between Co
!Omba and Peru, gI"cn Caracas paper of June
I'd, as communicated by Gen Sucge Commander TX
traordnary of the army otthc S1ui the Secretary
General Of the Liberator. and 10y hlm transmitted
The Minister of Var. Gen. Sucre received notice of
his appointment To the Office above u,iuned he
2lst OF January: joined the Atmy III CucHCa the
9Th. which consisted Of $500 infantry aud coo cave.
r.: aud IN the 27th cd has march IA. purs III
oithc enemy. On the fourth of FEBRUARY Tie Peru
WAN advance guard Was met at Nabon. Is lea gues
rom CuencH, and ntlcr n slight skiimIsh with two
crppahirs oil thr Colunblons. was driven back la The
mann body of the armv. From the day when he took
the command Gen. Sscrc, hy the direction of the
government. had been Ia correspondence with Cen
Lamar President of Peru snd commander of the ngn-
ding army witl view 20 negocai for the pacific
tcrmnulion ol the war aud on the IItk and Ilth of
FEBRUARY the Commissioners Of the held con
irencc at Saraenro aud Paquichopo. which were rem
dere1 abHrtve by the eXIo,I'ant and ridiculous de-
Inat"is ot tho Peruvian Chief"
On the Goth two Peruvian battaliOns g. one CON
p'ny at horse, under command of Gen. Plaza. were
in JIUn, mud the main body Of the army at San Fer.
nando. On 10Th, the Colombian forces moved from,
Naraucay to T1rqui where they arrived at Z o clock
IN the evening.
Wiu'e giving rest 20 troops, says Gen. Sucre.
received information that the division OF Gen. PA
IN ~ the Pass of Tarqu Heading to Jiron) at
three leagues distance from US; aud the Of tie
Peruvian army had arrived THAI evening at Jirnn.-
] determined TO lax general cnga cement, and the
Commander III Chief, Gen. Flores gave orders that
this office should be performed by detachment of 30
chosen from all the batta!ions, under Capt Pie
drua, supported by the Scdrno troop, in order to
Commence cnga rem ut by the surprise In this way
continued our march until O'Clock al night. At
90 minutes before on the morning of the eth, We
had make halt al The confines of the Pass, with
the st division of infantry, composed of the Rifles
Yarauch and Caracas bnitulIuns in order to wait
for the second DIVISION Hnd the cavalry, which hV
some mrnus had fallen bel hind, when n vol"y from
the enemy upon the Scdeno troop, was he first news
wc had that Pledraiia had got cut of hs course and
lost his direction
The position OF the Pass OF Tarqui is high emf
ncucc, with broken ground III front which does not
admit of II passage except man by man. On the
right Jour left steep ascents, of very diff
cult access, and the lett tlCket, between which
the delc to iron, and this is what is properly cal
led the Pass. The division of General Iaza occu-
pied the hill and the heights en- lns right -negcc-
ing the hi 'lr.t his left impenctrahlc,
COUNT of the difficulty of passing the broken ground.
The Scduno troop being placed IN this perlous Ftua.
iinn IL was necessary 20 rescue and protect II with
the snal battalion Of Rifles consisting "t scarcely
$50 mon. The want of sufficient light aud The diff
entities of tho place, Obliged tins corps TO enter the
engagement with due prccaulion, and 10 remain a.
lone more than quarter of an hour. The mischief
wss increased the arrival OF the delach-
Inent Of the brave Piedratta, our troops
by mistake, discharged some shots upon each
other. When the darkness in dssi-
paten. the POSITION vas asccnained, and the SHARP
shooters of Yagnuci, took their station on the left
aud Con. Flores with the rest of this battalion aud
4nt nf Caracas penct rated the thickct on the right
hod formally commenced the attack.
The Yagauch bottaiion had passed the broken
around 20 reinforce the Rifles and beaten the dlyis
ion OF Gen. Flaz1, when there appeared on the hill
strong column led by Gen. Lamar in person, and i'm
.mndiatsly renewed the conflict At this moment The
horse of Gen Flores was killed, aud mounting
another the Caracas battalion was ordered To- Join
the attack. This being done. two Peruvian batial-
IONS Pichinco and Scpeta, of the division OF Gamar-
ra were seen ascending the hill, with their G"ncrr
at their head when already tho battle was contested
by 1900 men OF our three baltalI ms aud small
troop Of horse against 1000 of the cncmys Infantry
The latter were making n brave resistance on the
hCivha NJ left, when the van vi our second Ill
vision made It's appearance. though at considerable
distance. II ordered To- hasten It's march, and IN
passing, to reinforce with company oi sharp
shooters that Of Yngtucn. The order was cxccu.
ted with admirable skill by Col. Manzuno, comnan
dant Of CauCa.
The Caracas and Yaguach battaons being now
uni 81 with the Rifles and sharp-shooiers being
already IN possession Of th, heights on tic lco, they
rushed simultaneously TO the charge. along with the
S,rdeno troop under the direction of Col OLeory.
10 this furious attack every thing govcway and by
O'clock she Pcruvans were no longer on tho field OF
hattie. Flight was thair only hope. and IN crowdng
upon the Pass 10 the dcfilo Of liron, they found
crave Tho COmnandant Alzuru at the head of tho
Yoonscbi battalion, pursue them iudefatgaby; and
meeting Scrdeno. with strong corps which had been
rallied charged them with his heroes aud destroyed