The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-20

Tho fort6cstions Of Csrupaiiy were mounted with
nfy 'si1 pieces OF canpoq and defendsd By fourteen
thousand men, half BrsiIian half Argentina
sAvr-ADsssAi sAnssDAass ssosr
0uscsr, Sept ~, 1900
A. ssyen A. n the inn tIads nshia and Lima Banos
steamed ~ IN ssht Of n Ouupaisy and opened
IRE, while the irosplaA Inxi, Bawvsc and TamsndAse
three wooSsa veasss sso|bomb vssss and hrcs armed
e.. eS@s.sa:a .ss 49, rn soson uusspossa 10
Al siGbs the enemy vas keeping NO heavy artillery
nrc upon the march ing columns OF ths army
At midday tho stoctsde soscsd by the ron.cisds
Brazil Barroso and Tamandare. which placed themselves
whp the IRON sss Lima gsrros ana asSs and .ss Par
nahyba Beberbe and Mage, placed obiiqueiy n, tried
20 dsmouni hls cannon, composed Of sa siriy-eishs
FOUNDERS and some thirty tvos.
then ordered all tho Are TO converge the fori
the already advancing and the artillery
and muskety hres general along all thu inIonch
mcnt Al three tho very heavy re q PAraguAyan art-
cry continued, and the allied army had not yet obtained
any advantage Generals Ai,rc and porioAiere tnen
resolved effect the retreat OF the zrmis.
their positions al turuzu The tort Of turupaty
directed lis nre On tho ships al tho side u the
Gran chAco from midday, and principally on the
cisds Brsxil and Taman dare which had ,ha star
boanl plating seriously damaged Some plates
broken, many bolv started and the backing II wood
the side 81 their easemafea grhvoy shaken. Two
slxiy-eght Founders were disnouniod on the Brazil
and great number Of balls entered the ports IN their
causing the damage and wounds stated 10 the
included reports --iraxli wounded; TamAndArt.
killed aud four wounded Lima bsuos. too
wounded Bahia two wounded. Barroeo, three wounded
ton
In tho condition ~ these ships after retiring u
the army the position occupied by them etove III stock
very dinieut u maintain, therefore ordered
the squadron 20 retire IN ovier 10 tho Positions oocapisd
of curupaiiy we're dlsmounted by The squadron. he
gunboat fafnaby ba received balls and gapa
but mad no damages q Importance
The nre % the Sixteenth battalion uhArkcd IN tho
squadron whom ! hAi ordered " tha Gran abaco
oansed somc lcss 10 the ParnguAysn artiicn.ie The
~ aadron had t-cnty.ons kors ~ combat ana
sis hily wounded Among these lsst va Captain IA
xlar0 Antonio dos santos commanding the second
dlyaIon Tue ships The Paraguay recsivod como
grape and mus seirY and taia thr0xn by
tho enemy ~ elevation bot suffered damage. They
had oniy tho wounded meuuoned 10 the rsper,
KIrrusK ~ Frrpprs ~ uo..ffan~ Essfasp
Inc Brazil took poeion 70 Ore With her stafboafi
battery With grape and some shsii Tho ensny fenlna
saadsr, s' scgg.ras s,,s ~ ,,asa.i,g s.
aimed ~sli ~ a. frequently throw " shot The
PORTFOLIOS, and disabling one u her mrsy . ghta, BY
breaking runni0u aud iia carrlnge and alec The
rage ~ the adjoining pece AZ tao Y. fe~sy af
orders 20 ORE bat While To ~ers goinr into
me hold from TIE port bfe.k
,ng he trsnnlon ana sinking ths helm shaterng and
Nsny Other men ssrs ~ gh,iy hurs ~ "a. innamersis
small fragments ~beh fel within the cAse0lais AID
may my that 20, single person % ihng a. anioaebsd
~ them.
hesded be,~cea the s,srnmoH port sni tbs tird al
started aud acc0rdng ~ the opinion ~ ur trnt engi
neer, couh "a Fe.isi similar nsisrins Ashn silh0gt
gfylng way Five ~ The even u0nnded wefs bun
~ fragments - iron. Nine shots wrurk aroanf the
steru0sl port parcg tha erxt plate bol0w pobaa rating
too ara one-haH inehes ant drisisg 10 to-
plaiss half an inch. Eleven stroek s0anl
De secobi pov driving TIE pla,ss insmas
ne rrsi and thlrd pors Penetrating three snd half
snd ore arf quarter lush~~ ami par NJ ~ the
plais~ ln0 tire p~cus Gx fVsnd DE ~ rd port f~no
tratlng 0ts and one and half iuehes div % plsis
q haiftn nsw1s ana starting 40 the ret Ons sruss
zee 81 the gsng~ay port. the hrst plate s~ge
No rai~r loo. snssr'ns oas spd h.f ineh~s paths
sni arriving u IN half Inch one fovssrd n sbs gang
wAy pr, the hyvs plate ~ the ssss hhe eniseg
srf bali incbss, parung m Plate AMI 94vng i r.
haf fpeh one anohsr frss rlsGs, pso~sr.a haf
ineh snd div M ,he rlnts VI sna half lnhs2 one
NE usssr HDc renetrstiug inrb as1 drs ~ 10
the plate thressEhsts lneb sarsesD Ossra srye. n
vsrous riscs~ csb~v tssn tbe pslhx ono q ~tth ect
ana seteynr far 80 va Aslng pists which stxsi~a
seven half shutisr wsrp dsssroysd asd even more
ssnseed Tho brazil ahsgs for hours VI re
t~sssry, forclbr ths No<xafe q ht,lc snsf ocdn,
ms bsyyo~o Forced the aock 40 irsn~f stsy
ssiss tne rrsxl srf snstgfsd sayse hsg,
t~sve~n sDf TO estiss ~ugth ~ the Pert,
remaining Until twenty tninsses p@m fows a.
~ tbs sh0s THAI s,vuts the fss<s.Ata two msfs ~,
pssssons q too inohss d~tih 10 sks pisss srpc, snf
drvye than 10 and snsep xhths snd leo AMI ons.
ssshih lpee another n The ~siss ss entsfsa ots shd
orf haif lnsh, snf dfoss TIE piae IN tAf nh ,
too ah>v~ ~. porthoiss; o1a n<fnmoss nkysosfd
oovnsy nsxs nr an ivsTsiaf dsna Anoshss nrask ne
hath over tbs sns1e pom forward a ne ssssmat@
Jsr,sd The srsilng All rgssd.d TO nrsmss severely
deE bes.1ss ibs too ff~nsa swo osbsr
nsn ~sr. ststuy svastes r~o kin1s n sht
eann 90 besrd co. spbsrfal rsiy.~slt tho
c<A<r Ses~mhanss t1e n Bess ngr falsFn. wnh ss<f
p<@sis 80 as srsfs fssss~ ms ho.svsf ~s Icts<1