THE WAR IN CHILI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2983, 27 August 1891, Page 3

THE WAR IN CHILI.

ATTACK OX VALPARAISO. TIIK (iOVKI.'MKXT TROOPS REPULSED. (nv KLwnin: tki.khk.m'h.— cur vim hit.) Vai.l'AHAl.so. August 21. Till', iiisiii'-,'"iils fiinv'l tho [assume of tlu! A- cm Friday lust. Heavy lighting took place till day, and I lire.- thousand were either killed or wounded. The President's trooiis retreated on tin; main defences within of Valparaiso, where the battle is with {Treat eirnag;c. A constant stream of wounded is entering the city from thebattlelield. Xi-;v Vokk, August -1. The Herald has received some details of the lighting- in Chili. The licet covered theinsureenl troops while forcing the passage of the Aconcagua, river on Saturday, the bridges lniving been broken down. The rebels drove the eiiomy buck fifteen miles through broken country to the main line of defence, though a •tubborn resistancewiisoflered. liulinaecda was present during the engagement. On Sunday morning the insurgents renewed the attack in force. The forts round Valparaiso engaged the fleet at long range, and greatly hampered the landing of sailors, but "a few_ got on shore with machine guns, and joined in the attack. As far as can be seen the fire from Fort Cillao has been especially destructive to the insurgents. The residents of the town have Hooked to the heights, but the .smoke obscures the armies, and little can be distinguished. In tho event of fin attack on the town, the foreign admirals will land brigades to protect foreigners.

August -ii. An uncoilfirmuil telegram from Lima states that the Chilian insurgents have been repulsed ; also, that President Bakuueeda has ordered the Loyalist police to defend Valparaiso, and instructed 1000 Government troops at Coquiuibo to make an attack on iquiqne. As darkness approached, both sides having sustained heavy losses, and the men being very much exhausted, they suspended the light outside Valparaiso, General Conto, an old Peruvian veteran, commands the insurgents, and is preparing a flank movement to get behind Valparaiso, which the President hopes to frustrate, and is hurrying on the advance of troops. The President's cavalry massacred sixty youths who attended a political meeting at Santiago. The silvir conveyed by 11.M.5. Espeigle was ,'J.j tons, and it has been forwarded to hkmtlmmpton. Later, Advices from the seat of war in Chili report that darkness stopped the battle. The Government troops withstood the charges of the insurgents throughout Sunday, inflicting frightful loss on their assailants, though the hitter's artillery mowed the loyalists down in large numbers. At nightfall the red cross ambulance under a Hag of truce searched the Held for wounded. On Monday both sides were engaged scouring tin: country for supplies. Valparaiso is ouict.