Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-05-21

the 9Th hl,iino stating that an action ad isken ,..s
n, Yunaay on the 2Uth OF January between lhe G"a.
md Peruvian armies of about hive lhousu"u ' "
each in which;lhe latter were totally destfnyea, 80
,i had been The def. al that Lima friends cohs'-
tr ,be confederation al nn rnd Grneraa Cahla y
escaped with sore OF is Officers and mas gong -
via for the purpose of Rising another ARMY, uu, y.
fallen We t!inf l.e cannot Isc. ne castles % oaI
:; h;. n,ssessou ana sonll:aEied by his iavprhe,
General Mu.1n, who has IN them l,o'' men W.. p
visoned il is said, for five or elk in"nihs We
,vrre day expected in Luna. Admitting tiat sum-
f,ru7 has lost Peru we still fear VIII Oe lhe scene "
;I strife for some time 10 come, for already Inc parry
now coming in are qlanelng among themselves. ~.
foreiun property had been taken out OF tne cnss az,
deposited On board vessels in the bay OF Calao' 'ea"
to be entered at ChcriI!as should that port oe
nI,ce Thus stands affairs in Peru al our last oates' NO
business of doing nor would there Oe' u'
affairs were settled ,n an
6 schooner En,erpz will sail for Rio De JaneIfo ana
The United Slales on The 18Th Of March, and The sl"op
of wor Falmouth for the Of Mexico 10Th OF March
The shin Anselique arrived from Europe, aud sailed
from Caao 18th February. The Henry Lee, from DOS
ton arrived 2Isl January
The following is the official account of the battle
C,ught al Yuneay, between The CHILEAN and Peruvian
armies:
"Col D. Pedro Urrola commanding The battalion OF
Cochagua which took distinguished part IN Inc oa'e
of Yunpay has arrived here, the bearer OF communica
lions which announce most glorious triumph OF Inc
arms of Chill Col Urriola left The field o! battle len
hours after The victory.
IS 400 prisoners, GOO killed, the whole park OF atttl.
lery the ccmnilssarat with more than S9O,OUu, me
eoninares horses Sc, OF the Protectors amy, are
tie fruits of this victory Generals Moran and Utdi'
nnea were killed, the first in The battle OF The 9th
Generals Herrera, Guiros, Bermudes, Otero and Ar
rrcza are prisoners, the last MORALLY wounded SANTA
Cruz escaped with 81 in The direction oil Junln.-
Il i, believed that his intention was to make Tor lea ana
embark at Pisco but company of Chlan carbIneers
with hursemen who had been kept in reserve followed
rapidly 10 overtuke him. The pretended Protector GDan
duncd the field hour before The close OF the battle
"Gencral Laluentr would march TO Huacho with Two
souadrons OF cavalry and Two Peruvian baalons ana
would be in Lima and Calao the Goth and 2Sl ia.
puary. General Gnmarra would march on The 22d ia.
nu,ry for Jonin and The South Of Peru, with division
of the restoring army and the would
follow with the remainder, leaving General Laiuenle
The chief military in the North of Peru
There appears also to have been naval engagement,
of which we translate the following account:
"The naval combat Of Casma has terminated IN man.
ner equally happy to The of Chill Four vessels
armed by General Santa Cruz attacked The division OF
Commandanl Simpson, consisting OF the coVet'es Con-
federation and Valparaiso md the barque Santa Cruz
which were completely defeated with much damage, and
The loss of the brganne Arequpeno, with crew Of az
men The enemy vessels were the Edmond OF ~ guns
n baroue with IS the Arequpeno of guns; and go
le,te with two swivel gnns."-N Y Gn-epc, .hny Is.