, 1880-07-18

| LIZ huE yce tteat ~ MOST PERSONS In Lima 1t is
nsliaved ny MANY that the leading object n
the confederation is IN check,uate Chit in her
long-ciierlshti pr0ject OF concluding y sena-
Taee peaeo Will! Bolivia by Offering her the
epdrtpent snHth f @ ot Aoqnegua with Arica IN the
chHnge for Antofayasta. This would hava
| suited Chill very well, rs size wouM have
gained possrssion OF the whole of the nitrate
iSlstriets ant southern guano deposits, and
hase a. ,,a naa HollS'a weuged in between her and
tar, ,Chllian diplomalists have failed in this,
/ ann now what they gain BY the sword thev
will have to hold by the sword.
THE TAKING OF T.AcSA.
me most concise account published on the
cosss ct tie taking of Iacna and africa Is that
a,,d Hcrdttl. From it is taken the following:
~ The battle Of 'racna it now turns out
ttlat v1ct-Atl'niral }tontero very wisely de-
cilnWl the colilr'land offered him By (;tn,
canpero FPS rpm, on TIC day before; The disposition
latter, the former refused TO assume so grave
aresponsloliity ut so critical a moment. The
ati.ed army, 1t Is now asserted. only consisted
OF 5.t1 PerllVlans and {, 200 Doliviars, $3.50
n IN, at; IT. besides t some 1000 more in Arica too
1orcts were divided into two wings, the left
| wing under Col. CaMacho, and the right nm
der Canpero. The Chilians, instead
to to haya harcfbnS b4S, IN ff2nt as seems t
- oINA NlA@lIlQlktftl+ EOUTE0 tnEfF
whole force on the left wing, which
WIS reinforced again and again from the re-
serves under Vice-Admlral Wontero's COM
inamt: Elt no reserves that could be brought
ness Of the attac; on. tile left wing, and tie
reserves which had been sent to its assist
aace were finally driven back OH tie already
yeakene.! right wing. With IN enemy
aoao!e ms own IL numbers at the outset,
allies, and the army now flushed with sure
signs OF victory, Montero conld not hope to
win the.day, although lie fought, as ali seem
TO nave fought. rs brave and good soldiers
Should fight, until lie was compelled to retire
cS}li I'll t. leave Tae"' to the tender mereiss of
THE LAST CARTRIDGE.
after this terrible disaster it was seen
that africa must fall. Once the conquerors
huu Ieorsanized W their force, they sent 5000
on the ith OF June. under the command Of
Gen: Baquednno. IIe, apparently unwilling
70 sled blood unnecessarily, and knowing
the little garrison could not hold the place,
10y aowsyer ~ tr,,nu much M ihey might resist sent in
foes, asked them to surrender The answer
ridge is fired Once more he sent, and again
Boiognesi,. after consulting with his brave
a.n! then prepared to fight to the lust.
l>oiognesi was the General in command,
Juan - Moore, was in command OF
the IT, A., Mor[o md Lagonarsino Of
have been nder the @ same deIusion ere 10 10
at 1acna. They had made every provision for
receiving their enemies III the front, while
the batteries OF San Jose, Santa Rosa, and
tl'a 2Iorro were to keep up a we1l-sustalned
fre OH the Lord Cocllrane, tho A1agallanes.
Cuvadonga,. and Itata, which werc sure to +
open fire. But, alas for human calculations!
tic enemy marched around, taking large
c!rcuis troul their encampneltat Lluta to the
ns q hzap s aS SsSfnHs 5 in the Tfh srb1aa The
Of the It'll the men in the newly-constructed
fOr!s to the east Of the Morco saw no signs
oi the enemy, but at the booming Of a gun
from seaward the ground was alive with
took The first fort in the rear, killing every
soul within it. Tile next was taken in
like manner, and every man there also
bayoneted- While this was going on the
with the Gillian squadron, anu had such not
been the case they could not have been
turned against the foe now preparing for one
final rush to capture this post so long de-
sired. The Charge was made. and after q
dc;pera1 fight, hand to hand, it fell, q few
only Of it's gallant defenders escaping to the
Plaza, where they all gallantly met their
=: The San Jose and Santa Rosa batteries
were undermined and the vaults were stocked
electric wires, the intention being, il they
should fall ilto the possession Of the enemy,
to blow them up. II ii asserted that Moore,
before lie received his death wound, touched
this fatal button and destroyed them. Some
four hundred Peruvian soldiers were blown
up with the battery Of Santa Rosa, they not
having had time to yacate it.
At SEA.
The fight seaward too, was severe: The
Cocllrane, we learn from Chilian sources,
her ports, killed twenty-six men; the Coya-
douxa received several shots, and, according |
to raports from the same quarters, had 70 be |
run aground. And the Nance Came? When |
there WAS but one hope for him, and that was !
to sink his ship. So, stcansng gently OUT, |
the plugs were opened, he and his men took !
to the Doats, a,nl the ship kceled over and
went to the bs,ttonl. Bclove, as he was by |
laws Ut neutrality would not allow them to
receive Him OH hoard, and he finally sur
Captain OF the ltata. In less
TIM rst t5se 1E oY,s 1fcp and the the rng HSs of
fleg waved triumphantly over Arica. For-
1llnatcy the foreign me1i-of-war had taken
on board hundreds Of women and children
Ut diuercnt nationalitlcs, otherwise tie A0r.
fold. The victorious soldiers were let loose
III the city, the wine stores were broken open.
and in tht. afternoon africa was III flames. To |
be wise after the event is proverbially easy,
aud so cannot help adding that If the
ChiEia,s were lis numerically strong Us they |
are said to have been OIL the til ult It seems
us ii CAmyero should never have rlsked i
battle III open ground where it was simply
impossible for lin to maintain his position.
Tie news was received here very quietly.
fter the fall of Tacna we knew that to be-
ieye !arica would hot fall was hoping against
hope. and men are now looking the position
in the face.
DElI.oEABLE oUTEAGEs.
Later at.eices confirm that the Chilian !
soldiers were permitted to sack the city, the
es,It being, according 10 all eyewitness,
hut there Is not !: single house left standing
II u complete condition. The miserable ex-
use given By the Chilian officers for this |
outrage was that they c0ultt not contro! their ,
ne1l. Admiral River0s has declared that It |
he Chiiians come Lima will share the same ,
ate as A1ica.-be given over to horde Ut !
[runken savages, because, forsooth, we $
annOl restrain our men, say II this Is
Ilowed it will he Il scandal to Europe anti to
very civilized Power which has its repre-
cntatiyes on this coast and its mei-of-War
onti1lg idly BY These are outragcs which
Uuld be prevented and ought to be ,
reyented, and if the United States and
1ur<,pa h1i taken I'm the question after / &