, 1879-06-27
SOUTH.A1IERICAN WAR,
Tho Engagements between Peruvian nn.l
Gillian Ships.

G"Fe4o9HHtHrt HftV ora }fef0fH.
LIMA, A,Jung4.-Tclcgrarns received from Tisco
announce the grounding an1 destruction Of tho
CovadoiIga IN AntufnEas,n, in NIL probability
FROM tllc Injuries received In the coubat With
tile lndcpcndeucia and from fcar of an attack
from tic uuascar. Tho Cbllsan lron-yatls au.l
two wooden steam correttcs were, at last &C.
counts, Mt 1qu!quc Harbor, but lad not BON.
tardcd the town, as was fcureJ. Tic Huascar,
aftcr successfully running tic gauntlet Of the
wllole Ch'lian jlcet, arrived at Calao sa!ely.
She captured ore Or two Chi1Ean merchant yes
sells Of no particular value. and threw a dozen
shells or 80 into Ansofugaita, but on pcrceiylrg
that thcrc was no chauco Of destroying. the
wnter'condcnsers {thc prlncipni object Of her
lnisston), she returned to the north, paastn,:
withiu sight OF aud running away from the
Gillian itcct utter having enjoyed brief cx-
cl,angc Of shots.
The blockade Of 1ququc, raised for q few
days by the destruction OF tho Esncralla, aud
tic hurried departure Of tile Covadonga and
Lamar, lIas agaIn hecsi assorted by tic Chsilars,
hut ulc tnannGr of It's maintenance lIns been otj-
1cetcd TO by tllg co1nAlaa.ter Of Her Britannic
.NaJcsts's slllo Turquoise. The ChF1lans huye
and lnyo now II formidable sleet. Nobody ex. *,
uects tile IluH6car to cseapt lDnT, as thu Chtlian
ilcct arc ou tie lookout for hrr. She has borne
charmed existence hitherto, but sue l,as yet to
1ncasnrc her strenEth With another iron-cad ut
achieved over unarsngd vessels.
Chill e po|srlns mcn into the disputed terri
tory, nl!'l Is preparing for bitter struggle on
a %c VI i,er ,sapcFioEtty nt sea h st'lI un-
ut Arica. both with their Armies hundreds OF
miles from tic real seat OF war; and III ono
knows how long tltE WILL yet be IN conlL,ig to
W. SCRATCH. Tic longer. il.cir delay the laorc
bitter wilt 10 their reccptlon..
Various interesting particulars aretranspircd
respecting tlc lqniQuc light IN the 2fst Ut May,
t'etwccn the Peruvian tEon.ctntss Iilascar mid
lndepcndcncla mid the Gillian woolun war yes
se!s Estnrralda untf coyassonEa. Thu fight be.
gnll Mt a. r'., BY lf!c nuasear standing OF at
the mouth OF tic harnor alul sanding q blank
cartridge IT. her antagonist, tho Esn,cral.Ia. The
lutter's position was 81 advantageous being
close In to shorr, ad, It Ia wns stated, protcctc
bS Inc OF torrcd0es, TINT the tlunscar, draw
Ing noru wnter, and possinly ncrvuns 1T tic
presence of tllese slsratlcd weapons. determined
upon tnaklnE t1hn enemy change her basr. This,
however, was, donc by t.!c land forccs ul,ler
osca s cstae4. 81 Of s peses pospet Sps s
posiIo'' @ % of tis s' chtiisn sSip, S' u,a open. ec
IN. tire upon her evidently causcl considerable
injury. Meantime Capt. Grau, ol tlu uuascar,
the cnenIy-nt long ran9c, howaycs--bomb-
se,s froin his MU-pounIers. Owing to the
ruuehncss Of the watcf wliere the lllascar was
ly!ug, and the CONSEQUENT motion OF The vessel,
tho Enemy WAS obliged to rllaugo tlcr position,
possibly boIng annoyed from ,hc shore batter.
lea, Grau was BY no means sat'saed With Ills nr.
tisfcrr practice. Thas Ut the ChiIeans was not
much better. Tic irou.rlal was struck several
times, but on her hcovy plating the 150-pouud
prOtectilcs Of tho Eslncraldn could have 10 et-
feet. Sha returned the s.loEu Hire with her
llroadede guns nnd tnitsasElcuscs placed III the
tops, but front thu elevated stand Of tho field
artillery could ,iot inlet much 1amngc.
After plnylng thus for couple Of hours, and
seeing tint the EsAlcraida hul moved out Into
deepcr water asl apparently was enauayori..g to
get out 0f the buy; Grau determined to RAM
her. proceedingelt d very considerable spectl
about ten knols, no 'irst struck tllo Esmeraila
u little forward OF the gtarn, not quite atnil-
shlts, but tho sloop swosVng ut thu time, tlIe
Impulse Of The ram was lost, and sl!e SHOT past
thu Chilean. Returning to the attack, auotl,sr
cn1,1ibnadG Onaucd Mt close QUARTERS, In wiIjrh
tho Huaecar managed to throw 8Ulpound
shell aboard of Icr antagonist, which, fultills
nl'd exploding In the onglne room, caused d
erect c Fl'pE md 5Tou1n
time was flught by her, communal +. Capt
Arthur Prato, son u tils DISTINGUISHED
Chilean statestnan Of that naIile,-uOt Tlufau-
son, 40 before stAtet1. Avain tho lluaacar was
timc strtslng hcr forward with somo effect, and
the third ranlnilng completed tile WORK, taking
the ship fairly anlItlHhps with sucn yto'cnca ne
to setst her to the bottom, III few moments
tho disaster. .Muny Ut thum had strtpprd md
threw themselves into tic water, whero tier
Immediately were rosclctlI ly the ltuasuar's
boats Moro went down With the ship, md
large nut,ber wcru killed.
Cant. rrato was gravc to tho last. Hcelng his
ship sinking under him t.G called upon tho men
to follow .ltl eapcd upon. Tic uuasear's deck.
pistol ~ hand. rlle cou'IIct there, however,
MAS ot ah0rt duration. Prato mud Tho handful
who obeYttt his cali were almost instantly killed.
Tile EsInoralda's eruw consistcl ut aIio.,t 18D
I,cl. Only lorty survived Tic lluascar's losa
peeu hardly bu recountGl., Ilp elVnaI ulllcer,
Don lorgu VGlArle. seatllE thu Chtlean fas still
llying o,l the EsmcratAn nttcr tho third shock Of
was 3tAkfng 10 capfurott; but before he reached
tho coveted eniblcm hu was cut down by
Chilean sailor. seyarul mon ulMl officers wero
wounded nu board the fluascar. but, US stated
moned her tn surrender three dstinct tiulcs,
but always tnnt with decidad helance CAPT.
tgako'6 body wus tIterrud ut lqula4o With nli
Lie hunors duo to hts rank aud llis conspicuous
bravery.
In the meantime, tho Coyadonga had man.
aged TO esrapu fruln thu buy, unl proceeded
southward At full speed, about twelve kuots,
purstlcd by Tic ludepen'lenr!a ana both yesscls
donga, being Of very light ufalt, huCcc3 tho
slsora, a'Hl for son'c t,nls Kept At a .onl dis
tancc from hcE purs.ler. When about eleven
llllcs south of 1auiquu. Capt.. More, of the IL.
afuu1. thaaiant shst % .,u oseasloa aa Sa affssd
throw Of h'a chase, when > tuukcn ail LIN.
kllown rock wns struck 0G Funta GTllvsa, and
her aldo, anl became u eoulpleto srcek, TAa
crcw, recently enlisted, nuA composed dE the
most Heterogeneous material, preserved but
little tlssripl!ns at .hs nu'nens., Thu Coya-