THE PERUVIAN TROUBLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1204, 29 March 1895, Page 31

THE PERUVIAN TROUBLE.

Lima, March 22. During the recent fighting between the Government troops and the insurgents the streets of the city were hot lighted at night, and the drunken soldiery committed all kinds of outrages without check. The fighting went on without intermission during Monday and Tuesday. The members of the Red Cross acted most heroically, and although the rebels fired on the 7 ambulances, nothing daunted they continued their work amongst the wounded and dying. The ; President, .General Caceres, has taken refuge on board a Chilian warship. London, March 22. A i message to the Times confirms the report of the heavy fighting in Lima, and it gives the total" killed and wounded as 2000. New York, March 22. Details .of the fighting in Lima show that the rebels entered the city under the cover of darkness, and seized a church, and fired from its towers into the streets. Other detachments sacked clubs and shops. After two days' fighting the diplomatic corps arranged an armistice to enable the dead to be buried. Scores of bodies were piled in a heap in the streets and cremated. The loss on both sides was about 3000 men killed. A new Government has been installed in office, and everything is reported to be quiet in the city.