Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-07
THE PERUVIAN REBELLION,
Caceres Captures the Government and
Receives the Surrender CT Igiasias. :

Caceres Captures the Government and
Receives the Surrender eff ~Igiasias. :
Washington, Dec. 2-Ehe cable dis
patches FROM Peru that
Caceres, the leader of the rebellion in
that country, has entered the city of
Lima, and that fighting is now going on
there. For several months dispatches
have regularly been received announcing
bus movements, and from time to time
nofice has been given that his forces
nave been dlsbauded and the rebellion
cfusheG. Only q few days ago an an
no~uncenent OF this kind was made by
the legitimate government OF Peru,
which has controlled the telegraph
Offices. these dispatches were sent out
tor Tue purpose OF allaylng alarm and to
maintain foreign confidence IN the
strength OF the government at Lima;
but All this time that government has
had coatrol only of Inns, the capital.
ann Caiiao, the prlncipal seaport; nearly
the entire country, with the exception OF
these two cities, having been subdued
10y Csceres. President Iglesias, who re-
sides at Lima, has not been able to send
ous atorce against Caceres for fear that
there would be an uprising in Lima and
Jaliaoif the army were taken away from
these cities. He has been
compelled 70 rest quietly there
while Caceres and his mount
aineers having been surging back and
forth over the country, and have await
ed an attack upon the capital, which has
practically been In a state of seige for
several mouths. Following upon the
heels OF dispatches that the army of the
Caceres was dlsbaDded comes the an
nouncement that he has entered the CITY
OF Lima and driven the government army
into Its barracks. The city of Lima
surrounds q large plaza-about the size
OF two ordinary city blocks-the old
palace that was built by Pizzaro 35O
years ago occupying one, side.
At right angles with this stand the
cathedral, which was was also build by
Pazzaro, and the archibishop's palace,
with which o monastery is connected.
The other two sides of the plaza are
tronted with bulness blocks, two stories
IN height All OF the buildings are made
OF adobes-sun-dried bricks-and the
walls are i've or SIX feet in thickness, 30
shat q bullet cannot penetrate them
The government occupies the roofs OF
all them with sharpshooters and gatllng
guns, and has squads of men stationed
In b cathedral towers. Ii Caceres had
artillery he could destroy these mud
walls, but the more bullets he pours in.
to them the greater the resistance
they offer as defense. The tel Q.
grams this morning announced that he
was encamped in the plaza of Bolivar
another park about six blocks away
from which he proposes to attack the
government buildings, in which the
army of Jglesias is concentrated. It is
probable that a great many, if not all, OF
the residences and stores surrounding
the plaza will be plundered and destroy
ed, as the troops under Caceres are near
ly all mountain Indians, have received
no pay fox their services, and have been
given license to plumber every city they
entered. Two years ago Caceres made a
similar attack upon Lima, and a
fight occurred in the same plaza
which lasted from daylight until
noon. He then brought about -four
thousand troops into this square and
assaulted the government buildings,
which We're successfully defended and
his army was routed and scattered by
the shower of bullets that were directed
upon it from the roofs of the surround.
ing buildings. Some of these buildings
he captured, and slaughtered the men
who were stationed to defend them. He
also captured the cathedral, and killed
the sharpshooters who were stationed in
the towers and on the roofs, and put
some of his W men in their place at
an angle sufficient to fire upon
Iglesias' troops, who were in the govern.
ment building and upon It's roof. AS
his troops began to yield and scatter
under the terrific rain of lead which fell
upon them, a regiment of cavalry con.
cealed in the government buildings
came out and made a charge, which
scattered the Caceres army and e%ffectu-
ally routed it, the Indians being chased
by the dragons through the streets of
the city and slaughtered without mercy
as o o as they were overtaken. When
he entered Lima at this time Gen. Ca.
ceres expected that there would be a
popular uprising in his favor; but the
terrorism maintained by the govern
ment troops has been such that his ad-
herents were unable to give him any
assistance. and he was compelled to re-
tire to the interior again with only a
handful of his original force. He evil
IDENTIFY expects to be cordially welcomed
by the citizens this time, as he did be.
fore, as the Iglesias government is very
unpopular, and the population at large
will be glad of any change.