The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-15

a regimen. fails rather than dsobev They will blow up
a fort ana themselves IN IT, "a her tnan WELD II % the
allies. Two fiat boats a tackled two ron-chdS
and 70 ght hours In open OoGts regiment once
attacked ironclad and nearly took her by boarding..
the women tend the docks, wlrk on tho farms and IN
tho hospitals and the and boys work for Lopez on
the forncaiions or in the army, as directs they
lures aud they lux his with that OF their patron
SAINT they die. Content without wages and almost
without food for they live on beef and native tea and
native oranges they are never reluctant in will or I'M
peded with baggage.
Lopez has mad the foresight to have in his able
physicians who have given instruction 80 army Of
female He has engineers and other master
from England. the United staes, France Prussia
and Hungary An ron-clad cannot be within range aud
by nadTer leave p0rthole open without getting
bail 10 H. The abatis dilching e,rhwors and various
forms OF defence are evidence Of the finest engineering
ski.
The Paraguaysn ungles are nteraced with mpenetra-
bic swoinps ana there evolve fatal masmas For year
the allies have occupied less than thirty square miles
from when they nave not gathered bundle OF ha :
The dense forest aad the narrow defes between the
deep moasses are like many works OF art tor ono
party ana again the other.
Along the river towards the forts the allies meet with
sto;kades torpedces sunken hats, masked batteries
heavy cha ms from bank ban aud heavy ordnance
It would seem desirable tnat foreign Power
should mediate Since January l, 1857, the American
Minister at Buenos Ayres has most faithfully ur'ed
medi alton on the oontepdng PARTIES Paraguay accepts
but the allies decline Tho condition is still considered
primary that Lopez shall leave south America This re
nation IN his defence II Is expected that the United
States viii INSIST on resort 20 Diplomacy instead Of
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taken b. the United State be.ore medRting.
The ground Of battle and of strategy for the last
years mas baen the angie made by The junction OF the
rivers Parana and Paraguay. For miles the dense AID
| impenetrabe jungles combine with the fathomiess
ssamps TO make dicnlt invasion. The allies oc-
cupy about thirty square miles ~ at angle, and around
| 1t lies the feet of iron-clads and about seventy
other vessels used for purposes. One corps the
allies under General TIE Marquis de Caxias is the
place called Tuvutv az Esero ballac, his right resting
on marsh. his left on Lake pris, by which 1T hit
| water he communicaes With the river PARAGUAY
IN t.l,S IL In Pa IN
| Allegro has been l9catei for many months Between
these two bodies there Telegraph also they uni
cate by water going thirty miles round although near
! enough to hear muskct fred The aiss have en-
c9mped about 30, 600 uen Clrlzu was ken fs0n the
Paraguayans about eight months at the expense OF
about 5000 men, Two leagues further up the river is
| Fort Humalta
General Lopez faces this force enough
aud hear muskerv all the tine He's at p ace called
Briits pass, about half between the points Of
treme extension of the allies. He hour
troops into part OF his defences to attack
any part OF the assalants lines. He is defended
system OF extensive bitches and by natural swamps
ana by series o. la and ungies hat altogether makes
his position almost inpre nsbe IL Is believed that he
| has at his trenches $1,000 men, hor,icay devoted 10
him. BY sor' Of 5, TEN unknown elsewhere each
mau Is responsible for the conduct OF his comrade
The rivef is fortified by miles of torpedoes by sunen
schconers and by cha the surface Fort
| Curupaty ha- bean ofeu attacked by the allies. but
there Indications OF weakness de ence, while
| the iron-clads often hlui off t. reiair.
Tue allies using balloons surveys Of tie
hostile camp, aud two successful ascensions have been
4 made.
AT tie present tiuc General Osorio. long expected
| from Rio Grande Brel has just arrived witt go
men, and has gone % JOIN the main array at apiru
stead OF crossing the iarana at Iai az was oug OK
| peced Itapru is fortified by very deep wide ditch
and il now tns soreholse Of all kinds Of supplies for
| the allies Gu I'D July President Mite embarked AZ
| Buenos AyTes FOR the front again take the chief
command. II V nov winter AMI paratvely al.iiy
The movemen. OF ne army 10 for the purpose o.
drawing Lopez out Of is impregnabe fort IcatiOu8.
Itapra - made % ro,si siege TuyI ty viii DO hello
! bye 5000 men under General Baron Porto A,e ,rs
Cruga IS abandoned sul the whole army viii 10
the right aimns al point about twenty m es In the
rear Il Lnp'z' present camp. He and For, Hlma q
viii then be shut va 10 that fatal angle Is supposed
that before inis oier viii be mailed the march wilt
begin.
This is the bodest step OF all the and can
predict its result " the allies draw out LopeZ and
compel him eight with weaker force in dis .s,vai-
tageous fields shut or his supplies, the Is
Again, if 10 cut long hue o. tho crciing army
on the wing he VIII DO master of The situation.