The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-21
PEIX0TO'S MEN DEFEATED.
TEE INSURGENTS REFUSE THEM JUST
OUTSIDE or RIO HARBoR.

Government Troops Make an Attach %
Govsrnndor Isisnd-Ths Rebels Tass
Pour voiieTs Into Them, sna They
Bresh for sbeIter-Rusops OF Rebs,
Naval Victory in th. south-rnsurrsns
Force. VIII Attack sAuto--Ths Mics
theroy Il. ON Her way 10 Rio de Jsneiro.
LONDON Dec. 21.-Ths Times has this de-
spatch, dated at Rio on Dec. 10 and forwarded
via Montevdeoi
since the sending OF my last de-
spatch the insurgents have maintained
heavy fire with rifles and machine
guns on the shore front They have
driven the troops from the Custom House
and Largo do Pace and other points. Consss
auently oil the business Of the city has prsc-
tically stopped. The banks have closed
There Is no comm unlcation between the
shipping and the shore. The heavy artillery
flre continues On Thursday afternoon. when
the garreon Of Villegalgnon was dining. .
shell from ten-lnch Armstrong In Sac Joao
penetrated the easements. killing i've and
severely woundlnE nine men
On Friday five were wounded at VilleRaiF-
non. Nlctheroy lie quiet. only occasional shots
from its batteries being fred against Oobras.
On Thursday the Government troops
attempted to retake Governadon The
insurgents allowed the invading force.
which consisted OF ], 900 infantry and some
artillery under Cen Telles. to land, then sur-
rounded them and cut OF their retreat tits
thought probable that the troops will sur
render.
I'm diminishing with the troops on the
shore fronts during the past week the insure
gents have lost Eve killed and fifteen wounded.
The Government losses are estimated at 100
but 1t Is i'm possible to ascertain the exact re-
turns"
Under tho head Later the Times corrs-
spondent saysi
Gen. Telles has attacked the insurgsnt
forces on Governador.
Admiral do Cana. with 200 men and fous
field guns repealed the attack, killing many
Of the troops and severely woundine TellsA
The insurgents losses were seven wounded.
The following are the details Of the attacks
The Government troops advanced and
began firing on the insurgent hospital for con.
tarious diseases Then the main body sps
peared. They did not see the force that Ada
miral de CANA had concealed by the brushs
wood on the rising ground.
when the Government troops wers within
300 yards the insurgent batteries opened fire.
the four guns firing 200 rounds in two hours.
The insurgents maintained. also. . heavy fire
from rifles and machine guns.
The Government troops INN ediately broke
wounded was Gen. Telles The launches
posted near the fort report that no fugitives
have yet attempted to recross to the mainland.
The Government has definitely refused to
grant mo permission to establish Red Cross
aid for the insurgents wounded. on the ground
that the men when cured would again hRhs
against the Government
1t will be impossible any longer to proteo,
foreign commerce here unless armed inter-
- e. az tha anhk =
In the part OF his letter covering events be-
fore the attack By Gen. Telles the Times cor.
respondent says:
There are persistent rumors OF q naval en-.
gagement between the Aduidaban and Repub-
lica on one side and tho Tiradentes and the
monitor Bahia on the other. resulting In the
capture of the two latter by the Insurgents
Admiral Da CANA informs me that the
AQuidaban and Republica will lombard San
tos next week. Gen. Saraiva will attack Sac
Paulo at the same time.
The effect OF Gama's manifesto has beea
to gain adherents for the insurgents and
many expressions OF sympathy from the prov
inces OF Sac Pauo aud Minas GerasA
The monarchical party are saying that the
success o, the insurgents means the rsstora-
ton OF the empire.
THE Government Is endeavoring to make
capital out OF the manifesto and Is calling o.
all citizens to defend the republic The gem
eral feeling Is distinctly favorable to CANA
Tho cruiser Ell Cid passed Csara on We'd
nesdsy flEing the Brazilian flag.
II have applied formally through the British
Minister to the Government for permission
TO undertake the superintendsnSy OF the
Red Cross work OF aiding the insurgene
sick. who now number 230. but the Govern
ment appears disnolined to grant me psrmiss
sion. saying that Brazil never entered the Re-
Cross Convention"