Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-13
NEWS FROM BRAZIL.
A Heavy Battle Between Pei1otO's
Forces and Insurgents.
ADMIRAL DA CANA SHOT TWICE.
Neither Wound Considered Sc
rious-Peixoto's Forces Drove
the Insurgents Back Through
Force of Superior Numbers.
The Number Killed Cannot be
Ascertained.

Ascertained.
copyrighted, 1894 5ytAe A'soeiat,d Pres.
LONDON, February l2.-The Times,
tomorrow, will publish the following
dispatch from Monteyideo, dated Feb
ruary H.
Rio De JANEIRo, February e.-At
FIVE o'clock this morning 500 insurgents
attacked Armacao and Ponta Da AreIa,
in the vicinity OF Nictheroy.
Launches, conveying landing parties,
left the Island Of Concelcao at $3.50 a.
m, and succeeded in reaching the main
land without discovery. Then, In half
an hour, after heavy firing on both
sides, the Government troops retired,
leaving five officers and fifty men prs-
oners and six officers and fifty men
killed.
Al five o'clock, reinforcements OF
over q thousand men arriving, the Gov
efnment troops again advanced under
heavy FIRE OF rifles and machine guns.
The Krupp battery, stationed on the
island of Caju, opposite Ponta Da Areia,
ALSO BEING ENGAGED.
/ Admiral Da Cana further attempted
I 10 check the advance OF the troops by
/ calling for reinforcements OF 100 men
from the Island Of Armacao aud by
sending armed launches from the
/ cruiser Libertade close to the shore OF
/ the mainland.
These efforts stopped the advance
! and caused heavy losses 20 the Govern
ment forces. Then their ammunition
! fell short, their forces weakened and
! the troops slowly gAined ground.
] After three hours fighting, the troops
were within half'a mile OF Armacao and
/ Admiral da Cana decided TO withdraw
| his sailors, fading it impossible 10 re-
main there, on account OF the over
whelming number OF the enemy.
The Llbera1e's armed launches con-
tinued to hold the troops while the
! insurgents embarked at ArmScao, the
| AQuidaban covering their retreat.
The Liberade's launches were close
/ to Ponta Da Areia and received tho
! brunt OF the ensmy's Ere IL was il
| o'clock before the last OF the Insurgents
embarked. after spikng the GoveH J.
ment battery Of heavY,gS1 S'-Ar0"'
/ The lnsurgent loss was dYe onlcOs -lalo
! thirty men killed and twenty oilicess
and
FORTY MEN WOUNDED.
1t IA impossible to obtain correct re-
turns; but the Government Is supposed
70 have lost fifteen officers aud one
hundred and fftY men killed and many
wounded.
/ Admiral da Cana has bullet wounds
/ In his neck and arm, but they are not
dangerous. !, myself, was slightly
wounded In the throat by Maniicher
T bullet. ] saw tho FIRST part OF the Sctlon
| from the Island Of C0nceicao and the
latter portion on board the Liberade.
Both sides displayed bravery; out the
sailors we're demOraliZed az the finish
by the large numbers OF the enemy, and
( fred wildly.
sui, the withdrawal was orderly and
without sign Of panic.
The Government claims decisive VIC
tory and to-day sent 800 men to REIN
force tho garrison Of Nichtheroy.
AdmlfAi Db MellO, WIN kho ltopuD-
ica, Is now at Desterr0.
IHPoRTANT IT TRUE.
LISBON, February f2.--The British
steamship Itsrla, from South American
ports, arrived here to-day. She sailed
from Rio Janerio January 2s, and brings
advices 70 that date.
According TO these adylces, which
come from insurgent sources, tho In
surgent cruiser Republica had come up
with the government transport Italpu,
which Wss conveying GOO troops and
munitions 20 Santos.
The Repubica Is said 10 have ram
med the Itaipu. putting her down below
the waters edge.
The transport, II Is asserted, filed al
most instantly and went down, carrying
all on board with her.
The insurgents had fortified the IL
lands OF CoDceicao. MoBcangue ana
Wanna and we're preparing TO atteck
Nictheroy simultaneously with the dis
patch OF a land force from SepetlDa
Bay, twenty-five miles from RIO DO
Janelro, 70 attack the capital from tho
rear.