, 1866-07-17

Graphic Account ef ahe Lnte Hard
Fought B.ktIe III Paraguay TAs
Paraguay auh Dttea1ctt tsltll 1SeAvv
iFroy, ,he Anglo. Brazilian Tluss

L0As.
iFro,, The Anglo Bsa-i.an Tlzss}
The intelligence received from the E,rer |
Plata Is highly interesting, great battle
having la.cn fought uphn tMr .tt h O! May, IL
which the allies were cotup1ely victorious and
placed Aurs du tomSdf SIX or seven thOnsand
u, the enemy, besides eaptu1in. six pieces Of
artillery, Tour iAcs, arms and some prisoners, |
this screyc loss Inflicted On tie PArayuayans
being ei1ectrd vi cost 10 the allies OF under
1wo thousaud killed and wounded.
After tie affair Of Esteru Vellaco. Oh tho
I'd al S,as. Ut collision Of importance Occurred
between the contcnding forces, both 1,aE les |
Occupying nearly the same grnunt u previ' |
ously to that date. Their respective caTn,s
lay nt'out tuur milcs apart, tic t0sc7vcatnG
ground consisting OF tic graves, swaalp-, Wa
trr channels, nyer!o I'd tll:s, ttc.. character
istfc OF that part Of Paraguay, and which WAS
further made difficult BY the palissaet. ditch.
Is aud other works constructed by the
j'asaersyat 5, all comninr.l making 1t inpo,-
sible to aFrunge she operations Of the Three
bEnushc4 Of Tic srryice with any tu!er,hbc de-
gree Of concerted ac'ion In making an attack
VI on the PAragnaFah position. on the othcr
hand. the allies had eyrfy ltduce'uent to
/ bring on general and decisive engagement.
1t.riE caInp tly IN gion1u WL.:h psescnicd
none of the re4u!sitcs IF security Il n!f3rte1
| little mnre thur three miles IN with III: he
elca1ntment 0l satne fUrty thousand mrn;
a-oods ilonked them On both sides AMI ex.
:
swnmps was pruducln+. Is usual cItcts upun
their 3.er*aaHti, and u!FeAdy three y: four
thousand mcu were Frustrated by sickness,
| chiefly intermittent fvycFs.
Probably the sau1e causes Of disease werc
| hcliug upon Loprx's aftuy and tried hin ns
| strongly as The allied cosnsnassdtrs to bring
| about d decisive battle, particularly Us Ats
thorough ow1clgc VI the tcrrene enabled
him to pour down his fcsfnns, with NIL the
advantages q q surpFts;, upon thu hanks and
| pEI 4hslr r,f f9S1n ?.H0
trali:s ln great extent thctr superiority in
| numbcrA.
The allies bad n1ed upon the 25tl
Of May, great anniversary Of the Argentine
| natIon, loE the attack upon the Para:uayau
position. hut On the morning Of the 34th
learned through dcsrrter that Lopez pur.
poted 10 forc,tall them on that day. Dispo.
bitions were made to meet him, aud strong
reco1 uols<ante vas prepared for sl,e afternoon
to tcel lis position mud uncover htA dselgu
but half M hour brfofe noon tl,e Paraguaysns
made their appearance, sud willie ihelr
artillery and the matn body Of their intan~
try opened heavy fire upon tbs allied front,
their caFairy suddenly dchnuchcd ftoui the
chargsl f4rfously, peIsittenily aud repeatedly
| upGu thtlr Gunks, riding down cyen to the
cannon mouths, mud rcpc,led only by the
bfistlfng bnyoncts aud the fire Of the squares
into which III: Infantry were formed to ro.
ceiEe them. Tue troops Of the allies stood
their ground .tcadtly. vish the sole exception
Of some four hundred CorrIeuttne iauccr.,
who brokc before the onset of the parnguaynn
Garairr And fed, pursued by thcsc eycn to the
saurs ri l<at ID .l;e part Of IL alI}es. The
! main aitack Of the fuaguaJnns was against
the nAnk occupied by tho Isnzlliaus. aud
corps Of between two and three thousand
men even attempted to como In On their rear
nno capture The cnn5on placed luF It. u.icncc.
rus, hoSeVeE, ~as separated Itv1n ~ sup
! pvrts b. brilliant Charge o. DrAziliM d.
vision, and thus cut of and Isolated wa al.
most anntbtlated.
Meanwhile the Paraguayan attack fD front
waa e.Ally supported By the troops and arttl.
lcsy opposed to tllctn, and Tie remainder ot
tho cannon pluughtbg wtth their intsslles tho
masses ot cavalry charging again anu again
upon The tau1S, sUon checked Tue ardur OF
onslaught. whcn, simultaneous more being
made lu !zout 4nd dank upon the bAtlra Pax
e.uaYans, tacsc broke aad fed, aftc. short
bu. sc, e1c battle OF four hour duration. from
the bard contested ground, leaving behind
four days and elx cannons' and INC neia Or
oneTe, how ever, b%!pg comparatively te* aud
these chiefly wounded, d the nature Of the
tc.rcue did not permit Of close and orcaa-
lxeu purnult.
was incurred by the Br.zilEans. they bearing
tho leavlc&t b1unt Of tue day. Gen. osoEto
Hns wounded, but not seriously. Col. talfao
: ! Was killed. and three other held oAGsss
.. wounded. The Argentines had aooat nye
hundred killed and wounded, including two
.. deld oinuers in the turner. md Gen. PauaeFo
: sliehtlf wounded. Flores and bis 0ficntals
| fought htarciy, and thekc again suffered
: heavily. The farsgpa!ans Nere comm acdea M
| by Gems Resquln, Ba1ios and another but
! t6e mall Lett imne edia1ely after the battle,
aud details OF tue losses and the alter move
ments OF the respective UDalea sEe JET IN
knoHn.
party, attacked bT land and water, had sue.
cnmbcd. apt that the feet had then pushed
/ GU to uu1oaitA. This, however, Il In all Ike
| lihcod premature, and the feet docs not
. seem to haye undcrt1keo any monument ap
! TO The leaving of The Corzientes mall The
iron-clad Tamandare was o-lng fitted with an
| aurarstps to nit TIE tospedoe1 reported TO
be laid IN the chnnuels Of the Paraguay. The
rass4n&rans had thls river piled ID the neigh.
J laden with stone right in the harrow passage
! th-y had len implied.
: The Gua}ecuay had been raised by the Bra
ziIiana after their capture OF 1tapifn. and had
! hten generously handed over 10 the AsStn-
G | tines, It's former owners.
II From the Baron dc Porto Aesre's army In
4 the ueighborhood Of Candelafia, nothing had
e been heard Of his having crossed the PAEaua,
!, apa The onls reports thence were that he had
!. disabled 8 small steamer drawn up On hna
. upon the opposite side. ABOUT four o. hsG asi
tbousand paragusyansprcs prc said to be opposed
Il Ai,er the battle Of Estero- -Vel1aeo oq the
d ii no fighting occurred between NJ r21a ~. =.
! general nttack had BEEN pianae,u. =. ~ ~ ~:
d Ee5eTals % take paee S2sa ,hef 5es sa Te1s
= but on the morning Of tne .-,s1 @ s,.at Looss
L. | = r,ned nv a Pnrhtsu6YR 1ftEllE +AAs +N"Ft
D. ee na.nded I; to astacE them th.t day win an
his forces, and accordingly epaIstioos ~
made to them suitably GE II to tbe
n reconnaissance in iotss patsRPth Po+ H. a,;ovine M
. grand battle P7ogsAnaneo lux >Ns 'oA' A's
as assss dA1. ...,,,, ,f tl,e f,,,enoon. how
ever, tbc Parsgnsyans aesoushea saaaS1,] ID p!
.oeds pn.n a..sn q s.ss
h r,nRs and front Of the allies *lth almost tht
IN Ehuie Of their Amy, the carnlry In especlA
K ehsyoine, 10 some instances, repeatedly up Il
%. tfs. muxxlcs OF The cannon, Thile = hcas.
sa sS a{e Nu poured Ia On the allied lines nou tn