The New York herald., 1866-07-13

canuons and tho Held o battle heaped tn nead,
AMI these chiev wounded the nature Of the terrene
dill not permit Of q close and organized pursuit.
About twothirds of The loss Of the allies incurred
by the Brnzans they bearing the heaviest brnt Of the
day General Osorio wounded, but not seriously.
Colonel Gavdo killed and three otbrr 6eld otcers
wounded The ArRentincs had about i've hundred killed
and wounded including two field officers In the former
and General Paunero slightly wounded Flores and his
orientals fought bravclv, and these asa'n 'unered
heavily. The Paraguay ana were commanded bv Gene
rails Resqun, Bar0s and another bnt tho mall oft i'm
medaely after the battle and details Of the losses and
unknown.
report was current that the fort Of Curupaitv,
"a ked by land and water had soocumoed ana thss tne
in all likelihood premature, and the feet does not
seem 70 have undertaken any movemcnt up n the av
being fitted with apparatus 10 lit the torpednes
reported u be lad in the channels Of the Paraguay
hood Of fur patty, and had sunk vessel laden with
stone right In tile narrow passage tn had left unp led
The Guaicsuly had been Iaiscd by the Brazians after
their capt OF Iapr and had generously handed
N the Ar cnt;nes t. former owners
From the Iaron de Porto Acsre's army In the neigh
borhood OF Candelara nothing had been heard Of his
having crossed the Parana and the only reports thence
that he had disabled small steamer drawn up
land upon the opposite side Abo or Ave thousand
Paraxuayans are said 10 be opposed 70 him.
After battle Of Estero vcilaco the ID nghtng
&c urcd between tha psr.guayans and the allies uptii
the oath Of May. general attack had been planned by
the allied gen rails To take place upon the 26th but
tho morning Of the Path they warned by Paraxua
day with ali his forces and accordingly preparations
made receive them suitably, or TO make
nssance Ia force prerernvey 70 the grand battle pro-
A. hal past eleven Of The forenoon, however, tho
Par.snayAns dcooucDed suddenly from the woods upon
bOth TANKS OF the allied army and male q furious
sault upon the TANKS and front Of the allies with almost
tn whole Of Their army the cavalry In especial charg
ing In nsiances repeatedly TO the muxxles Of
the cannon while heavy Gre poured in on the
allied lines from the artillery and musketry OF the Para
guayans In n nj.
This tremendous dash was however met With steadi-
BY the tro ps attacked, only small corps Of Cor
rientne cavalry giving way; the charges OF the Para
heavy nrc which drove them back again aud again. while
the allied cannon obtained decided superiority
tack ng mssses made such havoc among them as 10
qnell the ardor o. attack upon the TANKS This beiig
effected and the Paraguayans in manner thrown upon
the defensive, their centre then attacked
In turn tn vgor and after short conflict OF four hours
they forced TO dec In disorder from the field Of
battle leaving three or four thousand dead SIX pieces Of
ail cry four Tags quantity OF and prison.
though these consist chiefly OF the severely wounded
Ge @ nas ~ s q s .nS ma ss
preventing close and effective pursuit
In this battle the allies lost from nfesn hundred TO
thousand lied and wounded, twothrds of which
los incurred by the Brazilian army. against which
the main attack was directed General 0sorio
slightly wor nded Lieutenant Colonel Galvao, OF Bahia
was killed and Brigader General sampao Lieutenant
Colonel Pneiro Guimaracs and Major Pexoto Guimarass
were wounded The ArgentInes lost Colonel Rvero Com
maudant Pagola and Major Basavbaso General Paunero
ghy wounded. Tho Second corps Of the Argentine
army remained in reserve, but all the Brazilian force
engaged General Flores and the small remnant Of
the Orionias remaining after tight OF May fought
with gaantry and the losses Of the 0renals
heavy relatively TO their numbE
some OF the PnrAguayan cavalry penetrated through
the woods and reached the Paan& raprd producing
quite an uprosr among the camp followers, which was
increased BY the report of the four hundred Correnne
lancers who broke before them and fed Tor refuge TO
lapr that the allies had been defeated and all lost
Paraguavan division OF three thousand men, who at
tempted to turn the flank the Brazilian side and to
capture the cannon placed TO protect Us WAS 70
vigorously attacked by brazilian division that It's
| treat was cut OF and Il was nearly aunhilated
| LETTER FROM THE FIELD BY AN EYE wiTsEss
| Prom the Bucnos Ayres Nacicn argentina lextra)
May 20.
The people Of Bucnos Ayres will rejoice the Of
the brilliant and decisive victory ac eyed by the allies
near Estcro Bellsco May "a The hordes OF the
enemy have been completely annhlaed We have
ceived the follow ng letter from our worthy friend senor
Don varano Caba whom the honor due o' having
nrst communicated the OF the victory Of the allies
through our columns to the people Of nncnos Ayrcs-
FfErD or VICTORY May 24-6 y. N.
To-day have triumphed the dcspot of Para
quay victory has been complete and decisive Six
Thousand araguayans have been Ella by our brave sol
ders We have taken larse number OF prisoners and
captured four pieces Of artillery and number of flags
The battle lasted from halfpast eleven O'Clock in thc
| morning till five IN the evening Tho Brazil army
with It's worthy commander, took tho principal part IL
the fight In which losses 10 say the least have
| been considerable General Samnayo and commandcl
Pcychoto-both Brazilians-are wounded also som,
| other officers % note, whose names az present
| do not remember. Colonel Rivcro, and Com
| mnnders pozno and Rasavihaso, of the Argentine
| army, are killed. Tho Panguayans fought with ~,
greatest bravery their cavalry charging nantry and
advancing even TO the cannon's mouth Alas wha, :
pity that these should have sacrificed the,
precious lives In such had canse can rosltiveiy
that the loss ~ Argentine officers docSot exceed
that which have given above, for was the held
white the battle nred and visited tho various corps Yor
will perceive. therefore that account murt bc cor
/ rect and trustworthy. congratulate you and all my
friends in Buenus Ayrcs the splendid triumph Of on
obedienty, MARIANA CABAI.