, 1870-05-10
PARAGUAY,
Details OF the Surrender nnu KILL
tnK OF Lopez.

Details OF the Surrender nud KILL
Ing OF Lopez.
Eio Jan.iro taarsh sly Correspondence Qf ea< s<''
Dispatches relative to tho closing. scenes OF
the rafs ssuavan war have been publishcl to-
.lav, and hasten to Translate them for |
racket starting tomorrow. ..
i'~''~' RnAz1l1AS HEApoCARrEas.l
RosARlo, March -, 1870. |
S1R: Ry this time your E1ce'lency Wall nave
heard OF the brilliant end put to the contli1t-
thanks to the surprise OF IopGzs camp upon
ept We arc without detailed reports in regard
to this most important atfnir. annex copy
Of the only official documents relating to it
| which havo reached mo-name1y, the report
| (aIready pubIiehed) sen. by General camsra to
| OF the prisoners brought by our troops to Con
| cepcion, and report from Colonel Eento Mar
! tiue de HTenezcs, giving account Of the acces-
foty operation By which a small force under
General Caballero WIS routed. :,
The following details have been gathered
from verbal communications and from others
without oftscial character, and liable, therefore.
10 inco1rectness but giro them to satisfy the
natural curiosity which must prevail in all
min1s Lopez was cAmped upon the north
sido Of the Aquidaban, 1t place called Caro-
Cora, with his 500 remaining men. For want
Of draught animals, he had been forced 10
leave most OF hi. baggage carts in the Chirl-
cue|lo road. On the 18th OF February, lfon-
c1al Camara's vanguard reached the Gnassu,
and he detailed at once wing OF the Ninth
Francisco Antonio Martins. to surprise and
capture two cannon placed for the defence OF
the Taqua1a ford, lying about three miles from
the Aquidaban ford, which was effected 80
give the alarm to Lopez. Our little fozeo then
Teconnoitrcd tho bueh road to this Aquida-
| bun ford and arranged an ambuscade in it. As
;, Lopez did not receive the usual daily report
from Taqua1a in due time be sent OF N or.
dcsly to Taquar7, who Was caught By the am
lcrly's non-returu. Lopez coon after sent 4
! rattv Of ten men to get intelligence, one oi
whom managed to escape the hnb1scade 4ui
rushed back to tho camp TO say the ncsroc:
r (DIal1ians) were near. Meantime, Genera
: Gsmaza had come up. and having obtained full
information fron the orderly, hc ordered Col
ocel Joca, with tho vanguard, to seizo th'
Aauidaban ford, defended by our cannon, AM
route Lnpez's force, which was campcd a fe1
b hundred Yards bcrond it. Tho Ninth Battalion
! Of infantl< occupied tho b}uff on the right o
!, tho bush road, and crossed its fire with that o
Il the carbinee1a upon the enemys artillery Ali
% support In few minutes this WAS con
Is sdered sufficiently weakened, and charg
" Camara Joined on hearing tho bugle sounded
= The troopers crossed with tho water to thei
10 hsrses' breasts, and tho ford was eoon in thel
h posteasion. Colonel Joca then pushed o
u with his 1ancers, without waiting for the il
Il fantrv, and it was then that the e1-Dictatc
,o was elain by Corporal Chico Diabo, OF th
10 Niuetcenth Corps OF cavalry. he refusing I
u | surrender, and attempting to escape. Cam
or nos was also killed while trying to follow L
a. | DEE, and likewise two Of Lopez's sons and ol
\. Sanchez, beforo being recognized Roa v:
~ aIso routed by cayalry force which went o1
II AGAINST linn, Is IN tried, with eight cannol
10 too late, to form = junction with Lopez,
=. | conse0uczce of orders sent the sane day,
et though by pesentimcnt. r.
Is VIC effected al without moro lose than n
to mon wounded, two slightly, End with only =
&C. Ninth Battalion Of infantry and some cayau
ID Our artillery did not come up until al )"
ei over. All Lopez'e chief officers are 10 Q
to power, except noa, Oaballero, DelvAie. Sou2
It and Avei1o, the last Of whom escaped IN !
Il, confusion Of tho 1out. We got fourteen G.
ION non.
-. Lopez'a mother snd sisters are in our pow
They still ahov marks Of the fogEng Els
are them BY bis order, and they wcto al to u
see ocen put to death that very day, but the 81
lad ing OF their fcrucious relation saved tn
ass lives and gave them liberty. Madame LTT
ON 1 70 prisoner, with her children, and tho fA1
rho Lies OF CaosllcEo, Carminoe, Gil, Genes, a
,Ee, many others, arc likewise coming with
tho troops to Concepcion. We could not save
archives snd other property Of Lopez, for
NE women and soldiers plundercd Ills ca1ts dur
Eas tho confusion. GAsEoS D'OaLKAxx,
rye -Chiel
hen To His E1oellency the Miniator Of Tsz.
uaa Among the pfiBoucrs taken were two q
To- erals, three Colonels, thzeo Lieutenant c.