, 1866-11-23

forty brave men penetrated into the fort Of Cnfu-
patty and got possession Of fouE pieces OF cannon,
their patriotic daring.
A. soon as / have knowledge OF their names,
them 10 your Excellence, hat noi oniy these fnt
other acts Of true 8bnesa,ion may not remain
without recompensc: .-..... -
fnsuperable difacuades In s attack, notwithstand-
ing 1he ga1lant1y with which 1t advanced, in &C.
cord with General Mitse ordered a zetzea'.
only our wounded but also oar dead, without a
s,tnEie ,E oas ot ,he enemy dsE,1g to go cns Of nis
covering or retreat were out Of range. ~ ~
Many and much felt arc the lossce occasIoncd
see by the nominal reiation ut ths officers and
rrsU'nt Of tic dead, wounded and lruised, which
have tie honor OF ad;oining.
i1tre The argentine army bad more than $500
h9rs gI De eoWoot, among them many superior
As soon as possible will give your Exce,leucy
detailed report Of all the occurrences during the
assanl. OF the I'D of this month.
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.-. Officers. Privatea.
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The iossihca.lons Of Carnpai;y were moun;ed
with fiiy,slx pieces Of cannon and defended bT
fourteen ba'ralions; Inc attacking forces COM
pnsed eighteen thousand men. half Bsaz1liau, haif
Argentine.
TIE sAvr-ADA1nA1 zAAAsDAnz's nEronr.
teevrn a. m. The iton-elads Hahia and Lima
Batros steamed up In sight ol the Fort OF Cu1upa-
II ana p opsnsd hse, while the n.slads Brazil,
TWO bomb vessels and three armed iats bombasd-
Cd u. works from position uns1posed 10 the
At eight The enemy was keeping up a heavy
artillery fire upon the marching columns OF the
ii midday the stockadc was forced by the Iron
clads Brazil, Barroso and Tnmanda1e, which
placed themselves In q position to throw g.apa on
the enemyts battery, while the tron-rl4ds Lima
aud Mage, placed obiquely tu X, tried to lIamouut
biz cannon, compo. ed OF st1 sf1ty-eisht Founders
ri then ordered ali the fire to converge on the
fort, ns The stosne1s were already advancing and
t9e artillery and musiesry 1res were general along
g., ts A. three ths e
and ihen 1esoStd to eees
carza rhs M iort Of cnrup lily areased Is a1s
on The chips at the side Of lhe Gran Chaco from
midday. and principally on the iron-clads Brazil
seriously damaged. Some plates were broken,
n.any bolts started, and thc backing ot wood on
thc same side Of their casemates g!areIy shaken.
TWO e1xty-elEht Founders were dfsmo1nted on
the Brazil, and great number Of balls entered
The ports In their cascma,ts. causing the damage
and wounds etnted III Tho tnciuded reports B. 4.
I'll. seyen wounded; famandare. one killed and
tour wounded; Lima DaTsos, two wounded; b.
hin, two wounded RGE1oso, three wounded. The
ton.
In the condition Of these ships after the retiring
oi ine army The position occupied by them above
iorc ordered the squadron to retire IN order 10
the positions Occupied previously; Three sixty
eieht ponnde1s in tho battery Of ,Curupa!ty were
IN fA7 - fHa a9rrn knn psw
nah. ba received two balls and some grape, but
had no damages Of importance.
The tre 81 tho Sl1teenth battalion, embarked
IN the squadron. whom had ordered to the Gran
Chaco, caused some loss Of the Paraguayau ar
hese saa Snaso
dos Santos, commanding the Sccunu Division
The ships At tho Parasusy side received some
thrown y The enemy by elevation, but suffered
no % damage: % e. They had only the wounded mcn-
Er1ToaE OF nkPo,srs or 1noH.c1Ans EsaAaEp.
The Brazil took position 10 Are with her sta1-
board battery With grape aud come shelf. The
enemy pertinaciou>ly kept up fire, at DIS, nom
travcItng sixty-eight, aimed so well ~ to fire.
luenty throw t's shot uso tue portholes, nud dis
sss on sd Fl hsr srs.s ss saa o b e. ssl
5q y we tRe men ~ @eie so1s
port, breaking the trunnion and striking the helm
shatterirg. and wounded seyen men.
Many Sthes msn were essly hnrt by ;e IL.
casemale, and tnsy ssy that not single pureon
or thing vac nnlouehcd By thcm.
The part Of the starboard side of the easement
comp1ebeuded between the sternmoss port and
hc third ts all started, and, according TO The opln
Ion or the hrst engineer, could not resist similar
AGAIN hon vig Five Of shs
Iron. Nine eho!s struck around the sternmost
port, pairing The n,st plate below, penetrating
TWO aud ehal inches, and driving In tho plates
hall IN inch. Eleven strnck around 1ne secouii
port. driving the platcs inwasds, starting the cor
ners aud The iron lining inside between tho lrst
one and quR.tcr inches and parting one Of the
plates into three pieces Sx round The third port,
penetrating one aud one and half inches. driving
OEe sNuek TO the rear OF the gangway port, on
the drst plate above the water line, entering one
Sna hsf 9snss ns 7 aud ylu L IN
the frst plate OF the water line, entering one and
a ba'f tnehes, parting the plate aud driving It
sa 'nG1 S, G5s sRohe, aDa t sIu Bi'
ihe, plaie in one and i half Inches. one
re waIer.ltDe, penetrating one inch and driving
struck ID various PLACES Other than tie plstas
one Of which cut up the deck over the ca.emate,
arasersips ten planks and entesin : as tar as the
de:foysd % and s ssTen more liz
BRAZIL vas about tour hourt close to tho battery,
forcing the atockade littlc after noon. The Bar
!NSN aSANSA 4AlAEt10tEl4 hAAEI tQG
Brazil, and anchored above her, between one and
two cables length Of the fort, remaining until
twenty minutes past four p. N.
OF ihg ehot that st1uck the easemate two made
strnek, and drove them in ono % and seven-eig ighths
and two and onc-eighlh inches; another ii the
the plate in half an inch two above thc postnocs;
one on sternmost etarboard corner, making an lr-
regular dent. Another struck the hatch over the
ersting and wounded tao nrcmen severely with
splnrtrs three the chimney, and six The deck,
lehy M s2 To Pas to- q a6
boafd; one spherical ef1ty eight the othes tesem-
bling the Mincesnger psttc1n. with steel points
and siI spiral dangea. This, however, was no.
ticcd by the commander to have a motion like q
The pops nd q sometimes with hs ?; wss also
made.
The Tamandarc also forced the stockade. bat
sdc @
started. She had ono killed and Tour wounded.
The Lima Basros and balfa rem,iued below the
e,ockade., The former had the iron column sup
Wooden eas top spner noanans
the captain slightly -Four sao,a struck The sids,
grating, and others did damage in other palts.
She dfcd one hundred and I'VE Smooth sbnts md
wns Wnnf1ed .cyerely IN thc am.
The Bahia disnounted ono anI disabled auo!he.
| Of The encmy's ski, .eigh1 poundeIs. she wss
on H. sides, three On ;he ia1ett iour on i,s Gov
eIinr itree In The siacE and one an The csusfsn.
i sy sss asds
above he right Eu7,.
The apparatus dsea 10 the Tamaudase by Mr..
there had Jcen no oppcstapiir 10 ~. Fhe al.
m;rn1 ,,oes moi annrnye Of rets In 10 vide riyer
. ,5e fsfasa.y. vnish Il t6sis seven handsed
md enssnsitnr In H.. ren1, Or lie vessels. theS
arc are required Is 10 fastened Is DC bank Which @ wss