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s and Contrasts, " and "Revelations of Russia," have been entirely successful — When the war in Nicaragua begans to assume serious proportions, the n for a soldier of ability and experience was severely felt, and the more judicious friends of Gen. Walker immediately thought of Gen. Henningsen, who happened to be in New York. tion was made to him, his terms were at once accepted, and he embarked for Nica ragua. We will not rehearse the history of the war in Nicaragua, for it is too well knoesperate and death-dealing sorties upon the enemy, and when forced back by the sheer weight of the brute mass before him, he burned the city step by step as he retired, fighting amid concentric circles of fire, until he received the order from Gen. Walker to abandon the position, which order he obeyed, after planting a standard on the main plaza, with the inscription "aqui fus Granada"-- "here stood Granada" He commanded in the three days combat at Masaya, and at the memorable battle of Obraje