The morning call., 1893-12-11
THE BATTLE AT BAGE.
Additional Details of the RepuIse of
the INSURGENTS

Additional Details of the RepuIse of
the Insurgents.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-A correspondent
of the Herald at Nor tevideo cables: The
first attack made by the rebel Bra lillian
forces from Rio Grande do Sui upon the
town of Bage, an account of which
cabled you last Friday. was repelled by
shells from the loyal artillery garrison in
the town, but a more deter mined assault
will be made tomorrow.
General IavareS is expecting General
Silvera Martinez 10 reach his camp soon
and decide upon the fate of the captured
General Isadore. Tavares' officers want
to have Isadors shot. but Tava desires to
save his captor's life and trusts that Sill
veira will agree with him. Colohel Sam
paio is organizing strong column to 90 10
the relief of Bage as quickly as possible.
Reported skrmshes near PortolAlegre are
received her frequently.
When Tavares' lucky capture of Gen.
eral Isadore's forces was made the loyal
cavalry soldiers. just as their general ex-
pected them to surrender. made des-
perate dash, cut their way through the
ring Of iusurgent troops which surroun-
ded them and escaped. but not without
leaving many of their CONT anions behind,
who were shot down in the gallant charge.
Generals Guarnelion and Santa Ana are
believed TO be just about ready to join
General Pipilte in the fight against the
insurgents.
Peixoto's feet, which has been gathering
here. is expected to be ready to start north
next week. and when it joins with the
newly purchased ships from New York a
serious campaign on Mello by water will
be begun.
The Herald's correspondent in Rio de
Janeiro sends word that on the night of
December 6 an attack was made by a large
force of Peixoto's men in launches upon
Fort Villegaignon. which had been SO
badly shattered by the incessant fire from
loyal land battery that Peixoto thought
it might be taken by rush.
The garrison gave his men such a se-
we're 6ght that they were forced to draw
off, with many of their number killed.
When the AQuidaban and EsperanZa re-.
turned from their trip to the south and
anchored off Ilha Grande, quarantine sta
tion for Rio, Mellow destroyed the
launches kept there for quarantine Dur.
poses.
He took all provisions In store, confis-
Gated the money on hand for payment of
the quarantine staff, seized their steam
launch, cut the cable between Ilha Grande
and Rio and took the telegraph
instrument aboard his own flagship. As the
AQuidaban and EsperanZa were run
ming the gauntlet of the forts at
the harbor's entrance the Esperanza's
high pressure cylinder was struck by
solid SHOT, and one Of her engineers was
killed. and on board the AQuidaban five
sailors were killed by the explosion of a
Hotchkiss shell.
Passengers by the Mail boat Clyde were
not permitted to land 10 Pernambuco on
December 4, neither were the mails al
lowed TO be sent ashore.
The firing OF the loyal land batteries and
forts in Rio harbor continue all that day
upon Fort Villegaignon and Tamnda re re-
sponded and shot at Fort Santa Cruz or
Fort Bage at intervals. 1t is believed BY
many persons in Rio that IL the United
States Government would instruct Minister
Thompson to act independently of other
diplomatists there and suggest that Pc
ixoto and General Saldanha de CANA
come together and endeavor to agree upon
the terms Of q compromise. the present
deplorable state of affairs In Brazil might
be brought to an end In q manner agree
able to both sides and highly creditable to
the United States.
The reports set afoat that General
Argallo had defended Captain Lorena in
Santa Catharina are false. Argallo de-
clined the command offered him by Peixoto.
The tone of the Cove rnment organs at
Rio has become decidedly confident since
the Aquidaban succeeded in getting out of
the narbor, and it is now believed by many
if General Saldanba de Cana had declared
himself promptly in the early days of the
revolt an end would have been arrived at
more quickly, although De Gama's monar-
chial ideas are not by any means accepta.
BILE to Admiral Mello or his immediate ad-
herents.
Shot for the Government gunners is now
being made in Rio and gunpowder also.
which shows that the imported supply on
hand when the revolt began is running
very short. The rebel warship Taman-
dare now occupies the anchorage formerly
held by the Aquidaban and Forts Sac Joao
and Bage keep firing upon her pretty con-
stantly, but without any apparent effect.
The Tamandare was using sm okeless
powder when the Herald correspondent
wrote, and was firing upon Nictheroy with
considerable precision. Mello's other war
ships, Jupiter and Venus. were taking on
provisions, coal and bales of cotton.
These latter were reported to De Intended
as defense In q contemp plated run out to
sea between the forts at the harbor's en-
trance.
If they aucceed they will join the