FIGHTING IN PERU.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 72, 18 October 1884, Page 5

FIGHTING IN PERU.

Ciiarillos, Peru, August 28.— 1n Lima, yesterday, there was a storm of bullets for over six hours. Caoeres entered the, city with his rabble, yelling and firing. The night before all the Government troops were withdrawn into the Cuartel and the Palace, and the entry of Caceres, although not unexpected, was somewhat of a surprise. His 1 men captured the Cuartel and the churches of Mercedes and San Augustine, from which they kept up a f usilade. They also attacked the Guadalupe Railroad station. About 1 50 persons were killed in Mercedes and Bodegones streets, and near Palace Square, where the tire was hottest. Finally, the Government troops made a sortie and drove out the mob. Caceres was accompanied by about ninety horsemen. They appeared to have been travelling all night, and were not in condition to fighfc troops well fed and fresh from their beds. Three hundred prisoners were taken, but Caceres escaped. The German proprietor of a cigar store was killed while looking from a balcony. All the telegraph wires were cut for miles out of the city, and no trains were run. Nothing occurred at Charillos. The cable staff are all right. All is quiet this morning at Lima. The dead men and horses are being removed, and the pools of blood cleaned up. The fight in the San Augustine Church proceeded with closed doors. Caceres is said to have 1,300 disciplined troops, who were to have attacked Callao. These may return. Last night there were no guards in the streets, as all were in the Cuartel and Palace.