, 1879-05-20
THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAR.

Chtlinn Irnnelata Ispu,l,arIlnE tho Peruvian
Guast-1,elIcf tim. thu Argentine Cnsstsd-
oratIon ,yIll Take rurt lp the Conll,ot--
Tho strona wnr Fv,IIuR In Lima md In
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'",rr'.'o""e"Gs ~. M n. aew ,"'S *'aa.
PANAMA, slaY 4a'.-p1snatchcs rom Lima sn5
that llostflfttcs arc In Rgttye progress. Admiral
Williams Kcbo,lcdo Of the Chi)lun navy dis-
natr)ed two of.his vesaols to tho ,n,,,nern
- s".,.. ~. -. I,.,,s,Is.s L.. d.. o..Is,Ia.
Eua"o asi'o't,s ~, u .h"'',on ~ i'ea' o.nn"os;
ma tanta u Aooos' "hcSe the unde'onued
loading apparatus, Of Ycry considerable value,
was snec,tIy reduced To fragments oy the Clit.
an guns. All the laansac. used in ; loading tue
clano were aes'reyea, al'a the s'',ps taxing
hours. Returning tn l4ssque, It was decided 10
17,n @ III, ~ n" Admiral rm.h,a"s " az, sU' ~ cor t
.'.' ass.' NV . .,'"'.,.a a"e ",t W
another unforttlled port. The ships sent their
snall bouts toward tue sl,orc In search Of
launchos, without carryIur ouy tur Indicative
Jh ~ ,asf,. ] ~ rnnmnn.atn WITH @ tn H., % nn,hrrt.
tics. Tile bouts approachcd too near thc si'oEe,
s,ul wcrp:Irc.l upon BIZ tl.u small g1asd ur In.
fantry orcpYn. tho plncc. In reply. nnl with
ont any tnttmatlnn To retra to Tic the non -col-
heavy Guns, iirA,g eiEht :iets, md doiny eon,l.
crabie damage to tho railway, fautries, and thu
Uusto,u. .Iiol!sc. Tic Peruvian su.,a.lrou, ut
lofeat aivicea. ,yns still III Callao Inv mid fin
rcply to NJ, au.ress lnatlu to HIN by flu peonlu
fuw nights uyp. President Pf,plo tlerlpred tbut
Ills ships would muyc III puod time, n,.tl that
until tlcy were plaret, on tho most 1erfrct md
effective footlng, hu deccL Il lctter not 10 rjslt
q con,iat with R,rll for,niaab1o antagonists as
Tic two Cbjlinu 1roneaia..
From Alolondo Adtnlral Rehol,cdo procea1cd
stnrnI q, sboro. md wirro% % ot,t or t,yo ynssols
Inlcn with coal vera ropoytUtl Here tj,a rccrt,-
tIoiI was somowbat warrIur than wins uxpuutud,
Rebolirtlo attempted to lanl soldiers nil.l ,ua.
rueB, hut wns rupusetl hy tlIs garrlsau witl.
i'm ',cI.1tnrut % = s5nyarucho.if 11,ess soldIsrs.
VIII nrutectc,l nv t}lp 1,aturp III the Truun,l.
e,lIfcrtu little. Hut tlp Ch!linna used l.lcir
catIlIon, AMI n,,rcdty reduced lie town to
as|lcs, The loss in pronurty, principally be-
1nn,,In,, tn f1rnIrnrrs ia cs1t1natrfi nj nfsr,t
million Of solcs. It IL impossible 10 state ths
nu1i,Icr df cus,1altics on the Ch.lian slic. ns
;i,rv n,anarr,i tn carry III tl,n ,1,nst nj ihsir
d.,atl MD wounded, An Euplish shin iou,let
with roh wins rantirod Nv tho cncny.
Tifs siY"tr ~ Pisnr,,s tonE ntncr m ~,
1pth IN .nr 1inift:she ThiIins, .,I,sdrnn
was oooin ,nrI,n,ou nfr inu}n,,r. fhe hI'rkad
hnvni 1...r viniion,,v kent M nitt thc I'm" hv
s"ms ~ III ~. s,nrliar 1sf'fns hnm, n,elM,k ~,
N" intt III t1,s %Htitan himlrn n1'cna, H." ", NJ
t",,n vltlona haw,us "iy"" mn nJa, .w,r''. -"
liz i,"s.,v .a;it5n ti"t r" ,'i"t hsvn -,
Enstrnv tjn Ssatnr ern,1snsnrs nt, Shors' mi
Sn ,,.ts rnr" iIuci,"rn".I .7,noti nrnt,nttv Ill.
* .h.s ss,,su mu.o tn,i,,,, n,m ,,ent," t
i,,r ann sn." N.Y. aa,,,s.r I,,yiain,, M'
iinN ,s,,t ~ ~, y","st," ntst wa. airb. any ~
,i,als ~. hn 'v nss'..i' ~ rea,sa @ ,.