Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-25
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A Lima October letter Gays: General
Ielssias has ct last announced officially
his determination 10 make speedy end
Of his obstinate antagonist, tho noun
tain General Caceres. A grand review
wss held ct Lima on Thursday Of last
week, nearly Eve thousand excellently-
drilled and equipped soldiers being in
line, and the President caused procls-
nation to be distributed in which the
programme was succinctly described.
The campaign is to be brief and de-
cisive. On the 25th Of September
the troops formed again in the great
plaza in heavy marching order, and
then took up the route over the old
Spanish bridge spanning the Rimsc,
and down the Ancon railway to . point
seven miles from here, where the high
way leading to the Cerro de Pasco and
the Jauja Valley intersects the rails.
From here the division is to be pushed
up to the Cordillera, but long before
the mountains may be gained it is ex-
pected that Caceres's battalions will
commence operations against the in
vaders. The expeditionary force is I'M
der the direction of General Lorenzo
Iglesiss, brother of the President and
commander-in-chief Of the Peruvian
army. He is accompanied by numerous
staff, composed of the most experienced
men in the service, and is further
strengthened by the presence Of two
Cabinet Ministers-of War and Of the
Treasury-in his camp. The division
is composed Of eight battalions Of in
fantry, averaging three hundred men
each; two battalions Of cavalry, and a
brigade Of field pieces-six- and nine
FOUNDER Krupp--with several mitral-
leuses. A largo train of pack mules
carries ammunition in abundance, the
chest is reported to be well
and the aspect of the whole
seems thoroughly business-like. The
force amounts to over three thousand
men of all arms. From Yangas, thirty
miles from here, the general in com.
mand reports that his troops are enthu-
siastic, and that within very short
period he expects to be within striking
distance of the enemy.
THE ENEMY's ARMY.
Caceres's army, composed OF, more
or less, 1000 infantry, six field-pieces,
and 300 cavalry, occupies a position
near Canta, directly on the line of march
that must | e followed by the Govern
ment divisions, and thirty miles from
Yangas, the point where Iglesias re-
ports progress. Canta was the scene
Of the sanguinary battle Of August last,
when the forces Of Caceres surprised
and defeated Government detach-
ment. The place offers extraordinary
advantages for defence. Lofty noun
tains rise abruptly from each side
Of the highway, and in some
instances the invaders may be
seriously annoyed by merely detaching
The huge powders on the hills and
rolling them down the defile. 1t may,
however, be the policy Of Caceres to
,ntice his enemy further into the inte-
-ior, and at a greater distance from his |
base of supplies, where the Indians
whom Caceres sent to their homes re-
emily to plant their crops Of corn and |
potatoes may be gathered together and |
n dense masses harass the advancing
divisions by cutting off stragglers, lay
ng the country waste, and acting as a
,ulwark to their white allies.
A QUESTION OF DIPLOMACY.
Another matter Of some interest is a
circumstance that has agitated the d.
,lomatic corps resident at Lima during
he past week. DR.. Chinarro, the Min
ster Of Foreign Affairs in the Govern
nent of General Caceres, thought pro-
,er to address a communication in the
orm of circular to the representa-
ives Of foreign governments at the Pc
uyian capital, in which he relates to
hese officers at great length the rea-
ons constituting the legality Of Ca
eres's cause. After citing many au-
horities on international Law, he
alls upon the diplomatic corps to
ecognize General Caceres as
,elligerent, and intimates that, in
ase of refusal, the foreigners
Who may be found within revolutionary
Jurisdiction or possession shall be placed
lpon an equality with Peruvians, and
made subject to all the obligations bear
ng on the latter--such as paying extra
imposts, serving as soldiers,
contributing with their crops and beeves
or the maintenance of the army, and
ther burdens of like nature. The
diplomatic corps was exercised over this
natter, and an informal meeting took
lace, at which the American repre-
entative was not present, when the
question was discussed in its important
earrings.