Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-14
GENERAL ENTELLEGENCE.
The Rattle In Faraguay-Particulars
from a BHenes Ayres Paper.
The Buenos Ayres Standard, of May

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The Buenos Ayres Standard, of May
9th, gives the following details:
Yesterday the Espigador arrived
bringing the very important news of a
terrific jungle fight, in which the cour-
age, bravery and heroism of the Brill
ians are signally conspicuous; in fact,
as will be seen by the following details,
the whole of Flores vanguard would
have been completely annihilated but
through solid Paraguayan square and
thus saved Flores. fUg,.1 aa5
On the I'd inst. the Paraguayans, some
eight thousand strong, at one o'clock in
the day, advanced on Flores and attack
ed his position. Lopez IN person was
in command. AS the Paraguayans
were four to one it was short work.
The fight was very sharp; some one
thousand men and thirty-one officers of
Flores. were soon hors de combat Flores
acted with the greatest bravery, shout
ing vehemently to his men, until he got
SO hoarse that his voice failed him; two
horses were shot under him and three
of his aides we're also killed, but the
weight of the enemy was too great, aud
the Orientals &C., had to fall back with
great loss, the victorious Paraguayans
making the night hideous with their
yells. They captured Flores artillery
and completely hemmed In the hero of
| Yatay.
0sorio saw that the moment had ar
rived when it was possible to make a
dash to save him. He led on the SPLEEN
did regiment of the Voluntarios de la
Pairia, the best Brazilian soldiers In the
field; they charged under cruel fire
from the enemy. Every tree In the for
est, every branch on the road, belched
ont flame from the myriads of Paraguay
ans, but this brave forlorn hope, moth
ing daunted, rushed with fixed bayOn-
cts, and cut through solid square OF
the enemy. Flores was saved; but the
heroic band of Braziians which enter
ed the fight several hundred strong was
reduced to forty-one men.
The Paraguayans pushed on after
Flores reinfol cements came up, and
the yictors became vanquished, the al
lies closed on the enemy, and pen can
not paint the horrors of their rOut.
Inch by inch the Paraguayans fought,
! fell and were trampled on; the guns
were retaken, banners captured, and
| two small Paraguayan pieces also selzed.
At last night terminated the carnage.
The allies held the ground they Were
driven from in the morning at such
| frightful cost, and the victory, bloody
and sanguinary as it was, was theirs.
| The little road which led through the
| Jungle is literally covered with dead
Paraguayans; over two thousand impede
the transit. The Beliaco estero is dyed
with blood of friend and foe. Lopez
has fallen back but not gone into HUI
malta. Osorio lost two horses; he IS no
doubt hero; he was in the very thick
est of the fight. Netto lost one horse.
Colonel Valleja's son is killed and sew
eral other Oriental officers.
THE MORAL ADVANTAGE OF LOPEZ.
The Paraguayans have always been
| the first to attack, and though their
loss may be heavy In proportion to
their resources, the moral advantage
gained cannot be otherwise than we'll
appreciated by Lopez. The allies ac-
| knowledge q losss of fifteen hundred
men placed h0rs de combat, while they
assert that The loss OF the Parsguayans
exceeds two thousand. This latter
statement, however, is all guesswork -
But, while giving the Paraguayans
credit for bravery, it cannot but be ac-
knowledged that the Brazilians acted
with distinguished valor, always except
ing those unfortunate two battalhons OF
raw troops under Flores. Iu fact, the
Argentine press in reference to the
Brazilians, is completely changed since
the battle of the End ult. Previus to
that the Brazilian troops were system
atically disparaged in the Bnnos Ayres
papers; now they are Landed to the
skies in the columns of those same
papers.