The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-19
BLOODY BATTLE
CHILEAN Rebels and Loyal Troops
Show no Quarter
To Each Other-Their Ideas of Civilized War
fare are Much the Same as Those
Of Congo Cannibals.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
New York, April 1S.-The Herald cor
respondent at Santiago, Chilli, sends long
account OF the latest phase of the conflict
between the insurgents and the govern
ment In Poseo de Almonte the loyal
troops are defeated, over LOO of their
number dead, 1900 wounded and 1000 uris-
oners. All the guns and artillery parks in
the north are in the hands of the ipsur
gents and every steamer chartered by the
government to bring arms has been inyari
ably captured by the insurgents
The second battle of Poseo de AImonte
began in the morning, and for three hours
the artillery belched forth death and de-
structlen. The range Of the rebel guns
was greater than that of the government
forces, and as consequence Colonel Robes
detached regiment of cavalry to attack
the rebels on the right while two regiments
OF infantry stormed the nearest battery.
| which consisted of four powerful Krupp
guns. Steadily, and without wavering
although the fire from the battery and in
| fantry was thinning their ranks, came the
infantry. AL of sudden a shout was
heard on the right and there, making
| straight for them, was regiment of cav
! airy. Before they had time to form OR
prepare themselves they were attacked on
| all sides and cut to pieces. No mercy was
shown, no quarter was given. Not
| being able to resist this terrible
onslaught, the infantry turned tail and fed
toward the hills. Even then they did not
escape. After them came the cavalrymen
| cutting them down and from afar the guns
of the battery showered grape and canister.
dealing death among their ranks. Never
was such slaughter witnessed. Only one
| half OF the men remained. After holding
the hills for an hour longer the government
forces withdrew to the pampas of Poseo de
Almoute closely followed by the rebel
troops. Here, after an hours fighting, the
rebel troops managed after a desperate
struggle to turn their flank and then the
butchery began. EIcircled by batteries of
Calling guns and light mountain artillery
and the constant fire OF the troops, the gov
eminent forces were desperate Half a
dozen times they tried to break through
the circle of death, but all to no account for
the pitiless guns drove them back. At last
the long expected order came General
Urrutia, standing up in his stirrups and
waving his sword, shouted, "Charge bayo-
nets" and at them like horde of wild ami
mails leaping at their prey did the rebels
attack the government forces From all
sides they came. The man who once fell
was dead no mercy was shown him. He was
bayoneted to death although he might have
been already so wounded as to disable him
from fighting. Like butchers hacking at a
piece of beef did the rebels hack al their
enemies. Old men, Young men were sacri-
| feed all were killt and butchered. The
officers fell fighting at the heads of their
commands. AT night it was found that of
the rebel troops 800 men were killed and 400
wounded more or less seriously. Next
morning the loss of the government was
shown to be 1,75S killed, 1854 wounded
more or less seriously and over 1000 pris-
oners were taken. The official government
press is very bitter in its description of
what it calls "the unwarranted butcherv,,
of soldiers. They advise the government
to adopt more bloody and effectual meth
DDS, to shoot every one of the rebels who
falls into their hands, and to apply lynch
Law