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Show ':' - ' THE WAR IN CHILE. ! Colonel R-ililr. Citptnr.d and Murd.r.d by 1h. Innnrg-snti. , Lonkon. March 10. The Times has ; i , a dispatch from Santiago giving tho official of-ficial advices of the recent battlo in . ' Chile. From this it appears that Colo-i Colo-i ' - nei Rubles who commanded the gov-' gov-' ernment troops on the 0th inst., being r short of provisions, rashly abandoned the stroug position of Mount Sebasto-pol Sebasto-pol and with 1200 Infantry. 25 cavalry and a few guns, attacked" a force of 2500 rebels. At a critical moment the ' " onemy, by a decoy truce for a parley, ' opened fire at close quarters killing or V wounding two-thirds of tho govern- i ment troops. Colonel liobles was wounded early in the battle, and when 1 captured was murdered. A general massacre of wounded ollicers ensued. ' The loss of the insurgents is estimated . at 800 killed and 400 wounded. Presi-j Presi-j dent Balmaceda admits the gravity of i the disaster which places the province ' of Tarapaca entirely in the hands of the insurgents. |