The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-23

Noors from the fact that il was a tar stand up
baud to hand fight They throw away their long Gun.
brous musscts after their tre volley and arm,i WITH
ther long taggers alone they rushed upon the spanish
pupners and stabbed them at their guDsthcY rushed
upon the lines Of Spanish infantry, VINO awaited their
with evelled bayonets. and forced them do gn
with the desperate energy Of their charge. oDpnnel
has sent mp reinorcemsnts and the gallant Moors viii
doubtless be ultimately beaten by sheer superiority o.
numbers but no one can help atmirpg their galau,ry.
The details have given yoa above you may rely on as
perfectly authentic. perceive by a Msiri telegraph @
despatch dated this day, that the Spaosh government
bave published CARRIED account Of the affair The only
point worth noticing in IL ia the announcement that no
quarter given tsken and the paipabe iasehood
that the loss Of the Moors was 500 killed and 500
wounded. II Is we'll known fact that the Monrs, as
all Easterns, carry of both killed aud woundsi. The
statement IL, therefore, merely clumsy falsh0od, IN
tended to alay the excitement which the news OF this
verse had created 10 Madrid
letter from Madrid. dated the ID December, which
is published In the Paris correspondence OF the London
The serallo Is little cluster Of old houses, about
lesgue from Ceuts, which the Moors Ut the Riff occu-
pied, and which took Echague, who commanted
the First corps davNse amounting to 10000 men, wished
TO fortfy the Serallo and he bulk redoubt. He
toned in 1t the infantry regiment OF Bourbon, the
Chssseurs u Barbastro, with pieces OF artillery.
On the 18th (November) the garrison a little
after midday taking their dinner when they we're sur
Our men snatched up their arms but In instant they
saw that the 500 Moors supported by 5000 others
who came behind. The melee sanguuary. The bat
taiions Of Bourbon and Barbastro almost cut to
pieces, and the ground covered with dead bodies.
Echague, who observed from Ceuta what going n,
marched out in hurry two brgades 10 the assistance Of
the troope OF the Serao. The combat lasted ill night
fall The Moors lost many men, but we had more than
800 killed, among whom were ~ officers and nearly 1000
hors de combat Such was the affair OF the 25th.
In postscript to this letter the same correspondent
says
said that ODonncl stends returning to Madrid and
that the army will remain encamped In Africa for the
winter this be the case, you may suppose what sad
effect il will produce.
have just letter from an art,eryman who was
wounded on the 18th In the affair OF the Sralo and who
bas returned with others IN the condition TO Spain
According this letter. the Moors bear themselves with
extraordinary audacy and persistence They rushed
at their pieces The government has Informed us that
the Moors captured gun, and took prisoners but
the letter allude to states such to be the fact
On the 3oth there was another affair the spot
ing mentions it. The official despatch says that the
Of the Moors could not be exactly gven because they
carried of their dead and wounded Then it adds, that
the loss must have been considerable for the Moos
Ing been cut in two refused to This MEANS
suppose that the Moors having been up refusing
10 surrender were all kiledotherwise they would have
had no oss But in this case, who removed the dead and
woundedf This looks like gross contradiction. But all
the dispatches published in the Gazette drawn up in
tie same manner so that is not easy TO ascertain the
truth.
The Madrid ourDas Of the Sd instant do not contain
any detailed Of the last affair Morocco they
say that there believe that the major part Of
the troops with whom the Spanards hitherto fought
are reinorcemets sent by the Emperor Muley Aboas,
who rs still al the FAD OF large army between Tanger
and Tetuan to the contngepts at ADghera One of the
journals state that in the action of the 18th ultimo the
Moors in spite oil the discharge Of grape, succeeded in
reaching the Spanish guns and they fought hand hand
with the Spanish artllerymen Some of them even
animated with such rage that they biz the Spanars and
attempted to strangle them On the first the weather.
says Geographic despatch, was horrible" at Ccuta
1t said that the Moors had carried to Tanger the
heads Of seven Spaniards,