Chile.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 3 September 1891, Page 2

Chile.

All the residents in the country around Valpariso are flocking to the standard of the insurgents, who are victors of the city. ' The populace welcomed the rebels with great enthusiasm, and women showered flowers, on the victors, loudly calling " Viva Canto" (the Peruvian General who is leading the insurgents. A telegram to the New York World states that the strength of President Balmaceda's Army is 20, 000 and that under General Canto 8000, but that the latter have fought like demons. It is believed that desertion from the President's force assured the victory of the insurgents. The forts around Santiago have ! not been captured, and prior to another battle smart skirmishes are taking place with the insurgents, who hold the surrounding country controlled by the Santiago railway. It is reported that the insurgents have burnt the palace of Don Claudio Vicuna, the President-elect, who is believed to have fled to a German warship. Official telegrams confirm President Balmaceda's defeat. Further details of the fighting in Chili show that the loyalists at Pacilla lost 7000 killed and 3000 made prisoners. The whole of the artillery were captured. The insurgents' loss is estimated at 200 killed. A mob pillaged the rifles from the battlefield, and returned to Valparaiso where serious street fighting took place, in which several persons were killed. y Incendiary fires were also reported but eventually order was restored. Santiago yielded without bloodshed. Chilian stocks have advanced in the European bourses.