, 1866-07-03
THE PLATE WAR.
severe FiglstIo= Retweeu the Para.
euHynN Army, aud the Atlaea The
Attempt. on x4untaltaa '-'= f,., ::
Correspondence Of the New York ucsald.1

Mo JANKIHD. dQuc d, Ieoo l =
Shortly af1er the departure Of tho English {
Jacket, WITH my last letters. informatioD was 7 .
eceved here from the seat OF wRr to the {
,prpott that Hu1nalta {the Parasuayaa
must soon be taken, Without any
.-eat etIusion Of blood, as 1t was then thought.
hat Lopez would not make stand at thaa
moralizel, he was taking his hisht toward
Asuncion. Subsequent events hare proved
the contrary Instead Of the presumed flight
Of the PaSnguayans, after burning their camp
behind Itapiru, theF only retreated to bet
OF tic niles, which took place on the I'd ul-
The allies having adyarced one league be-
yrnd the eamp ot ltapsru, eucamped ap1 p72-
pared themselves sof an attack on the taSa-
. Tie iight began by surprise on the part Of
the Paraeuayaus, who, proatirg by tue in
prudence OF the alllcs, who have always cr-
tcr;aincd afoolisi Contempt for their ecemy,
fell suddenly upon them with force of about
seven thousun1 to eight thousand men.
The onset was made against the vanguard
Of the allies commanded By Gen. Flores OF
the Oriental army, nearly an Of whom were
composed Of raw Brazilian leVics, Two bat
taliors Of which, in front, being unable to re-
Of four rited cannon and falling back ID con-
fusion on the Oriental battalion and the Sew
cnth Of the 1ineund First Brazilian volunteers.
who stood the brunt Of tho combat, fighting
| sp1endidsY fer q few minutes. til1 the IRA.
\ zllian Gcn. Osorio came mp With a division
and turned the fortune OF the day. against
the Paraguayans, who,. according to
the oMclM accounts here, feh, hut
kept the battery Of artillery they tad cap
: turcd at the commencement OF the fight.
Tlis victory, Il fsuch it can be truly called, is
attributed TO the prompt assistance afforded
hy Gen. Osorio to the vanguard under Flores,
Tor il seems that the latter intended ito sur
| 1,.ize Lopez. md despising his enemy, who
i,ns ,s.itherto proved himself far from being
SSe5 n yery III .sccurr position. The result has
1,ro.tn hat thr n:-azilinn Gencru! wak right.
! rhc Bnenos ayres Staa,.s.srd Of May 9th gives
the following details: ..,,n5;,n., N,
Yesterday lie E:peaeet arrse5: s,s ne eS 'pa aa
yffE neTs 7s9cav o. s1;s ai ee
seen BY ;he following details. fhe Hhole oiFlo-e.,
hut tNT Bsaz:han hagd Of heroes VINO cut through
!. afoHn PatpeaiyA An tQuata tcd thss sase1 Ffotes
On lhe % ns!. the ~, 80 somf s1ee,
On Flores ard a.iaekGd his posi!11n Lopez IN per.
ron was 10 eommsua- As tho PsEagn7yaps Sere
: tittp: ii = .tsic ote thonsaud sfx hundred nen aud
thirty one ohice1e Ut Flores were toon foTs a.
eosabgt. Flores aeted with ne srea.sst 4assry.
under him. and ah,eo 0; bis aid. we're also Killed
@lenfas v tsa H. lad 10 III S3ek vim e.est ost hs
| Victorious Ps.aeuagans making the evening hide
with heir yes They ssPnssd ,ss To5s a,,1
Gtollo saw that The moment had arrived waen \
Eas possible TO roasea dash to s3re him. Ae !ft
Patr1s tc brst Brazilian eotdefs IN the field the.
4 charged under cruel FIRE IRON the enemy! EEc..
tr II .he forest eEeEy branch On .he rod: nslehs,
, ,hit bstve torlo1n hupe nothing dnup'ed rushed
With iacd bsyonstl, and cut thFonehs solld lar
bauo OF Brsf7llar.. wh,ch entered th ~: eserA
c hundred tironc. vas rsdNced to {orty''r ':HD. :.
y The fara.uayans pushed On atleF i'ot.s teln
gnished; The a'rs cio*ed On 'he cnelay, :s,'d p:
= cannot psint tbs horrors Of tl*t rott. Inch b
@ iea On on; tse Guns ere 1e'sKen, nanness captured
u ard Two email Farayrnyan pi"crs also seized. 4
last light termina'ed m Va: - Ths a'eIes ne!
"a, inc cr5upd they y7erc driven In the nl0rntn
~ at such lreh i1l cost, ard = ssctn:y. bloody an
!. J eapguinary as It Mas, was ts' -
efsy sta eo,ePsd eosa is ~Hs aesa "svar. rs
Il thousaDd 1mpcde The tran.i:. Tue Bcliaco c.tes
ID a, I'd viii b!ocd Of friend and foe. LoIisz b;
lost Two holses; he u no doubt hero; te ~
~ the very thick or The fight Neto lost one hn!+-
colonel l'al1cja's zen is killed and several c,h'
r. The Tatasuayans have always been ,he frs. to
IS, tack, I'D shoush thctr lvss may be heavy in pr
4 BY Lcrez. The al!le= aeknoWied.ed o.s q fltet
hana,aa men paeed ag'' as eoaa Wnte r ,hey
Of Thousand. TIE latter etateuacns. however. IS
IL Gnetswork. lint. sha'c gniog The rasast,aya
~ tnas he lc nsaa.sas aced viii, dstincu,snci vait
" ain ays Excepting th0sc unfortunate txo battno
o. raw troops under Elnte: L iaS;, 'hs tons o.
Tcr coup.e1.y charged t.nce th- baltic Of the I'd
as Previous 10 that Eraztlfan troops were asase
1sc nov ay NE laoca the akIes in the co!l1,nns
Il tho e .ame pa2tte. =,