The New York herald., 1866-07-31
THE PARACUAYAN WAR
-~>~~~~~~~~>~~~c~--
Interesting Official Reports Of the
Battle Of Tuguity.
Former Reports Of tho Frishtful
Slaughter Fully Corrsborated.
Over Five Thousand Dead Bodies
Left ON the Field.
Only Three Thousand Six Hun
dred Wounded.
In &C. &c.
THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Order of the DAY.


fHE COMMANDER CHEF ARMY.
CAMP or VICTORY AT TuGunY
The enemy was completely whipped on the oath Of
May, on the field Of Tuguity and obliged to seek
cheter within his foracatons after having abandoned
in his flight great number Of cannons coors and small
arms, well his killed and wounded After four
hours and half Of fighting he repulsed at every
point Of our lines, which he had attacked in four
columns, supported by reserves with the intention Of
turning fapks This victory Is chiefly due TO the
Oriental army and divisions of the Brazilian, TO-
sether with regiment OF the Argentine contingent,
under the immediate command OF General Flores,
cupyng the OF position and to the Brazilian
troops left under Ihe command OF Marshal
Osorio The right held by the Argentine army,
under General Paunrro with Colonel Riyas leading the
van-Generals Emilio. Mtre and Hornos covering II
with their respective forces.
More than 200 OF the enemy dead abandoned
the neld his flight $40 prisoners the greater part OF
whom woundcd four brass pieces OF artillery Ave
standards; three coiors Twelve drums fifteen bugles;
e. 700 muskets more than tho third Of which are flint
lock pieces; 400 carbnes; 800 sabres 200 pixies.
and so 900 rounds Of ball cartridge together with many
other spois captured by victorious armies in
this battle which has shed much glory upon tho allied
arms and has proved 80 bloody and disastrous TO the
enemy On the side Of tie allied armies the total losses
amount TO 7o2 killed and 6i5 wounded. OF these the
wore ofcers-two Of them being corps commanders-and
1850 wounded or whom ls3 officers, including
general OF The Argeniina troops, l2o were Killed Of
whom four were generals and seven officers, 4s0 were
wounded, including two generals and thirtyhv officers
mo Oriental troops lost 5 in killed OF whom twelve
wore officers, and IG3 wounded, including seventeen
officers
ALL without single -Brazilans Argcntines,
and OrienLais-perorned molly their duty, from the
highest lowest sodicr Tho heaviest fight
ing however felt to the lot OF tho Brazilian contingent
The medical staff OF the allied armies distinguished
bv its NJ
The Generan Chief of the allied armies presents his
compliments aud fluctuations 10 his victorious brethren
IN this the eln Of their victory He leaves 10
the division commanders the grateful duty Of recon-
mendng in their respective reports those whose bravery
snue them TO special consideration. For his part,
he desires to his satisfaction with the Brazil
1ans well the Orientals and Argentincs for the
enthusiasm and gallantry which they all displayed
Aghting like frecu,en who great and just
cause In war to which We have boen forced by provo
cation
Long live the Empire OF Brazil
Long live the Oriental state Of Uruguay.
long hive the Argentine Republic
Export oy GENERAL YIoRrr
HrADQuARrgRs Ar LAcoA TRASorERA,
May rs, 1866
r. His Ercelcncy the CoasaSpn-scnIxr Of the Alfred
Yestsrdsy. at haIfpast eleven in the morning the
enemy made sudden and erce attack upon centre,
psnesrang TO within twenty five yards OF our guns and
surning the left of centre this rendered
forward the First DIVISION under General Agolo
and The Third under General sampao, TO the menaced
pont upon which firing became general along the line,
A. two the enemy had been completely repulsed
from the centre of position and the firing continued
ouly the le where th dense hickets and the rugged
mature Of tho ground secured them footing Noticing
this ordered cessation ~ the firing at hafpast four
n the afscrnoou The enemy. according to my calcala
tons has lost not ess than twenty hve hundred In killed.
wounded and prisoners besides coors and pieces
Of artillery taken the left by the Brszilans. St
from tho OF deser,er who arrived here to-day
from tho Paraguayan camp, the encmy's loss cannot
havs been less than nve thousand six thousand
On our size estimate that We have lost in killed and
wounded about hundred Of the forces that
fought in the centre.
God guard your Excellency many ycars
vENANCIO FLORES