THE WAR BETWEEN PARAGUAY AND BRAZIL.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 483, 10 June 1867, Page 2

THE WAR BETWEEN PARAGUAY AND BRAZIL.

DEFEAT OF THE EIUZTLIANS. —SEVEN THOUSAND MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED. Another tremendous and to the Brazilians disastrous battle has been fought at Curupati resulting in a total rent of their squadron, and a fearful slaughter of tiie Brazilian troops. On tise 3rd of February the Braziilian fleet moved up and took a flanking position upon the batteries of Curupati, and immediatclyopened fire upon them. Troops were pushed forward at the same time to carry the place by assault. Bat the Paraguayans soon brought, their artillery to bear upon the Brazilian ironclads, and shortly disabled three of them—completely destroying the machinery of one, and driving the rainanclie out of the engagement crippled and battered almost to pieces her'

commander dead upon her decks, wit v j dead and dying in heaps around him. After the fleet were driven off, the Brazilians made another flank movement, and got close to the principal works of the Paraguayans without any loss at all, when, to their astonishment, after getting into a clear hollow space with Curupati almost within their grasp, artillery opened from every direction am! mowed them down like grass. Before they could get under shelter seven thousand killed and wounded marked the line of retreat of the beaten Brazilians. The Marquis do Oasis had been in secret treaty with General Dias for a number of days previous and bad agreed to give the General $300,000 to allow him to assault and effect a lodgement in that part of the works defended by nira. The wily Paraguayan General agreed, and prepared to receive his opponents. The Brazillians suspected nothing until it was too late, and the Paraguayan artillery was belching death into their ranks.

The Brazilians navy is so crippled that it cannot convey away the troops. Should they attempt a retreat by laud, they will be cut all to pieces, to stay is death by starvation, to light is to bs defeated, and under these circumstances the vaunting Brazillians have sought flie good offices of the American Minister.

The worst of all is tlut the allies allies have physically withdrawn from the alliance or in other words, the Brazilliaus are about all in the field.