The New York herald., 1879-12-12

the Chilean troops about n thousand in number.
manage t. mount hill which commands the. re,
doubt alluded to. severe musketry hre - arec,eo
against the defenders of this work, who reply ieeoy
and then the invaders descend and seize the iorne
ton. Only few women are seen sailying from
it in flight. and these are pursued by the
Chileans. At twenty minutes past four CLOCK
the redoubt in the invaders hands lmme-
dIstely afterward very strong force of Chieans ad-
vanced against the Hospcio tstuated on the plateau
above the town and 1t was supposed that great NOR
tality occurred here, although 1t was too far from
the ship to distinguish. Notwithstanding tneir
victory the Chileans are much depressed py the
heavy losses suffered tOther accounts state that
between three and four hundred were kiled.l AFTER
the landing several fires broke out il the town. Inc
members of the Peruvian Red Cross Ambulance
were taken prisoners, somc of them wounded
These were the only captures made by the Chleans.
All the wounded soldiers OF the allies were kiiieu.
No quarter given. The next day went on
shore. could see nothing but corpses. ashes and
ruins. They told me that some women had been
of horrible and repusive stories afoat re-
garding the treatment Of these women ut the hands
statement regarding the matter it is more prudent
not TO shock the readers OF the HERALD by mere
hearsay.
africa of corvette Union. which left Caao on the
8th INST. under the command of Captain Nicolas
the Second battalion OF National Guards GOO strong.
on board This was very dangerous expedition.
from the proximity to africa Of such strong naval
forcc Of the enemy. We shall hear of the Union be-
fore long. She has on board some torped0es OF the
most approved invention and Portal is smarting to
wipe out the stain cast upon his vessel by her action
during the Mejiliones combat She left the Huascar
to her fate. it will be remembered. but the corvette
was then under anothers command.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF GENERAL BUENDIA
ABOUT THE CAPTURE OF pIsAGUA-THE Pc
Ruv1AN TORPEDO SERVICE.
PANAMA, Nov. a. 1879.
The Star aud Heralds letter Of the 10th inst. from
General Yuends in his oficial report of the bat
tie Of Psagua the I'd Of this month. corroborates
the statement already published. The allies with
900 men--79O Bolivians and 200 Peruvian Guards
held the invading forces ct bay for seven hours,
the ships. at pistol shot from the shore. send
ing an incessant storm of shot and shell at the
scanty number of the defenders. The retreat was
then effected In excellent order and General Buen-
dia predicts that in the coming fight victory will
rest on the allied banners.
The Stay and Herald says:-"Just before the sail
ing Of the steamer Payta from Calao the following
telegram received by the President from General
Prado The Chileans have been driven back into
Santa Catalina and Dolores by General Buendia.
Daza cuts of their retreat in Tana. and the fight
still continues In San Antonio
The excitement was intense and every one was re-
joicing in Lima On the arrival Of the Payta at
Payta the official telegram was confirmed and pri-
vate had been received announcing the defeat of
the Chleans with heavy losses. but adding the Gu
rious circumstances that they had resumed their old
| positions" The news is rather mixed apparently.
| From q private letter from Lima we Gull the fol-
| lowing paragraphs, which from source of the
| most respectable character:-
"Nov 2O.-Lima is all In trouble about the rc-
| ported detection Of the Bolivians. General Daza
marched to attack the Chilean flank with $500 men.
| got half way from africa. halted, hesitated, and
| turned back to AFRICA, declaring. hear, that he
feared revolution In La Paz. General Prado. IN the
hopes Of yet saving the alliance gave orders to Gen
era Brenda to advance and attsck the Chileans Of
| the head OF the allied army Of 1000 Bolivians and
| 5000 Peruvians. .kte
| PERUVIAN TORPEDO SERVICE.
The hope of the Poruvixns now Is their torpedo
service which they have endeavored to organize
| thoroughly. A number of skilled torpedoists from
| abroad have been employed for mouths in the worl
of preparing torpedoes boats &C., but hitherto they
| have not been successfully employed. We are now
| promised exhibition Of their powers on large
| scale. The Union has received torpedo battery
and Is to visit the sonth very soon to begin opera
| tons ON the Chilean feet. The system adopted Il
the Harvey. and great results are expected. There
| is doubt they would have done more
| in that line before this had it not beer
| for the stupidity of their conduct toward some o.
the torpedoists In their service jealousy of for
eigners has prevented the fitting up Of special tor
| pedo boats m charge of skilled men. who inva
| riably refuse to trust themselves suci
mission blowing up iron-clad will
men Of no experience. AS is the with Peruvian
naval officers No foreigner has yet succeeded in oh
tanning charge of torpedo expedition and in Peru
Wan hands the success Of such effort might be
| sidered doubtful.