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Show CIIIIJMJ1ES Just Now Tlioy, Seem to be Having Hav-ing Kverything Their Own AVay. It is Reported That a Battle Has Been Fought at Tongoy but no Particulars Par-ticulars are Given. MANY CITIES IN THEIR HANDS The War Vessels of the Insurgent Insur-gent 1 torn lia I'd the Town of l'orto Coqu'.mbo. The Property of Foreign Residents of the State is Suffering Considerable Consid-erable Loss , ALL FOREIGNERS ARE DISCOURAGED. They Notify I'rr.tit.ot llalmarada That They will Leave the Country If the War Doe.n't Knd Soon. London, Jan. 27. Dispatches from Chili via Buenos Ayres bring further particulars concerning tho revolution in Chili. The rebel Chilian war vessel at Porto Coquimbo fired a number of shots into town, probably at the troops defending the coal depots. The troops from Valparaiso are occupying oc-cupying Laserena in force. The insurgents insur-gents have blockaded Tongoy bay, thirty miles from Coquimbo. Tongoy is connected by railroad with Tamaya and Ovalle, the latter town being in turn connected by rail with Coquimbo. Torbarrall is also blockaded by rebel forces. Three thousand government troops have been sent lo reinforce tho garrison garri-son at Tongoy. Later advices say it is reported that a battle was fought at Tongoy. The rebels have occupied Limache Alto, a town only twenty-five miles from Valparaiso. At Limache Alto, the rebel forces took possession of tho national factories und expelled the director di-rector and adherents of President Bal-mncada Bal-mncada from the town. The rebels have also occupied Quillota in the province of Valparaiso, fifty miles from Santiago, aud Omanconagua, twenty miles from the Pacific. The property of foreign residents is sufferingconsiderable from the rebellion in spite of the efforts of representatives of the foreign powers to protect the interests in-terests of the citizens of the various countries they represent. The action of the diplomatic representative has beep so discouraging to those officials offi-cials that they have formally informed the Chilian government that they will embark on board of the vessels of tho floats of the foreign powers if the conflict continues. President Balmacuda In reply has asked the ministers and consuls to delay taking any action for a few days ns he hopes to be able to suppress the rebellion within that time. |