Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-26
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FOREIGN NEWS.

| The War in South America-Battie of
Tacna.
| PANAMA, June 16th.-The last mail from
| the south brings but meager details of the
! battle of Tacna These details are furnished
in the report of the Chilean COMMANDMENTS
! Chief to the War Department, and in the
| official report of the officer who brought the
dispatches from Tacna to lite. General Ba-
quedano (Chilean) reports as follows;
| SUBURBS OF TAcNA, May 2e. 1880
! To the Minister of War: Yesterday at 8 o'clock
I III the morning, the army under my command
marched in seai ch OF the enemy. In the evening
! the army encamped at distance Of about two
leagues and a half from the POSITION occuaied by
! the allied arms At & o'clock on the following
, morning we renewed the march. At O'Clock our
artillery opened fire on the advance Of the enemy,
the artillery the other side replying to cur tire
/ The fire OF the artillery was sustained until II
O'Clock, at which hour our infantry advanced and
general combat commenced. The enemy offered
strong and tenacious resistance, but in spite OF this
three hours later, our valiant soldiers took posses
s on Of the formidable position occupied by the en-
envy. From this moment the enemy dispersed, fy-
| ing ia ali directions ard afew hours later took
possession of T4cua. Our losses heavy but
those OF the enemy are still greater J congratulate
YOU and the country on this victory, which IS Sc
we're blow inflicted the enemy not easily repaired,
and for Chile it is the consolidatiOno OF the work
''''''' " MANUEL BAQUENDANo.
! Unofficial accounts state that the position
I Of the allied forces, eight cannon and several
mitrailleuses fell into Chilean hands. Campers,
| the allied Commander in-Chief, was wounded
/ and fell into the hands OF the enemy. Col.
| Comacho, who lately initiated the revolution
| IN Bolivia against General Daza, was killed
! during the action. The action was more or
| less an artillery fight in which the great
superiority Of the Chileans has always been
admitted. The infantry f 5h. which followed
| was of short duration, the main body Of
| the Chilean force was sent forward to the at
| tack, and was followed closely by the reserves
| composed of four crack regiments. The allies
| broke and ran in all directions.
The Buenos Ayres TroubIe.
LONDON, June 25.h.-The Times financial
article says No fresh news from B1enos
! Ayres has been received here, but kilograms
are stated to have reached Paris announcing
/ that the provincial forces had retired within
| the city.
LONDON, June 25.h.-Prvate dispatches
| from Busnos Ayres, dated June 22l, state
| that the fighting was going on and many had
| been killed and wounded. DR.. TjedoS, Gov
etnor Of the province of Buenos Ayres, has
| issued pr0nuncian1ento The city Of Buenos
f! Ayres has been fortified, and the unarmed
| population are fleeing.
LONDON, June 18th. - Intelligence from
| Buenos Ayres represents that battle was
| fought on the 22d inst. between the national
and provincial troops. The latter were routed.
| The national troops, however, were rspulsed
in an assault upon the city Of Buenos Ayres
on the 24th.
| Sensation In the Italian Chamber of
Deputies.
ROME, June 25th.-In the Chamber of
| Deputies to-day an individual in the gallery
set apart for the public flung two large stones
into the hall below. but no one was hurt.
The man was Immediately arrested. He
said he wished harm to the Chamber in gen
eral, and not to any Deputy in particular.
He stated that his name was Gordegliani ;
that he was tailor at Viterbo; he had come
to Rome with the intention of killing per-
sonal enemy and then committing suicide,
but that being desperate and tormented by
hunger he had done something for which to
| be arrested in order to obtain food in prison.
He also alleged that some time ago he had
received a commission to come to Rome to
assassinate the King. An active investiga.
ton into the affair is proceeding.
Social Event I'm Dublin.
DUBLIN, June 25th.-Colonel Bodine. Mr..
Clarke and Others of the American committee.
were present at dinner given by the Free
nlasons in the hall of the Grand Lodge. All
the guests were Masters or Past Masters, and
ffty-hve Lodges were represented. Deputy
Grand Master r. w. Shackleton, in the alb
| sence Of the Duke of Abercorn, presided. On