Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-04
Twenty thousand Well Armed
Troops pitted Against Her,
REBELS ALSO HAVE A NAVY
They Propose TO Capture a Seaport 60
Facilitate Importation OF War
Munitions.

New York, Sept. 4.-Plans Of the
movements of the reyolutionists In Co
lombla have been received by their
agents here, and II all has gone we'll
coniirmatory news Of a startling ma
ture is soon to be expected, The Red
Line steamer Philadelphia brought a
large mail for DR.. Restrepo, the agent
for the revolutionary party in this city.
Interviewed he said,
"Altoge Their in Colombia we have now
an army Of more than 10000 men, well
armed and equipped, Gen. Uribe-Urlbe
has 10000 well drilled troops under him.
and according 10 our advices was to
start on his campaign of invasion or
Colombia at a point below San Girls
tobal on August %,
Before his lines Is Gen. Genzalea
Valencia with nearly an equal number
Of Colombian troops to oppose him
Eat Riochacha, which is the seaport
at the northern part Of the department.
Of Magdalena, with a population of TO-
600 we have two generals with force
Of 5000 men, who now have the city
surrounded Gen. c. Castillo Is In
command, and Gen. J. NJ Castillo Is
next in charge with the forces divided
about equally between them
"Riochacha will be attacked both by
land and sea, and we expect. will speed
lily fall Then we shall take Santa Mar.
tn, further down the coast, and hold
both seaports of the Magdalena prov
ince. II will not be difficult TO control
the entire department Between Rio
chacha and Gen. ribe-Urlbe's position
near San Cristobal Is stationed Gen.
Camacho who has force Of 1000 vet
Grams, For some time they have heen
without ammunition, but about eighteen
days ago new arms and a large guam.
tity Of ammunition were successfully
gotten to them, and they are now In
fine shape.
Near Honda Is Gen. Marin with 2,
600 seasoned men, aud In the Cauva
province in the south, are two generals
and Gen. Herrera ] cannot speak Of the
size of their forces or their move
ments
"When Gen. Comacho and his troops
Join with Gen. Tribe Tribe the depart
ment Of Santander will be virtually In
our hands.
1T is my belief that the Colombian
gunboat Pinzon will never come back
over the bar at Baranduillo II Is very
easy TO 20 in hut so difficult TO get out
that steamboat navigation Of the river
l. fltifnd
Gen. Alban committed grave mis-
take when he carried her there.
1--WE learned also that when the gun,
boat Popa was lost FIVE rapld-fre guns,
900 rifles and 100000 rounds OF am
munltion. besides other military stores,
went down with her.
SUNK BY REBELS.
New York, Sept. 4--The brief cable
mention Of the recent sinking OF the
Colombian gunboat La Popa has been
by further particulars re-
garding the accident by mail. saws the |
Gen. Joaquin Velez, goyerno. |
Of Bolivar, charges that La Popa was
sunk by rebels, and has caused the i'm
that the four survivors are |
guilty of completely in the plot.
The government has used every en- |
deavor TO suppress the details Of the
wreck on this account II IS not def
nitely known how many lives were lost.
La Popa was carrying troops from Car
tagena to Baranquilla, and none OF |
them was saved. The warship, which |
went down about sixty miles from tho
port OF Sayanilla. also carried cargo
OF q half million cartridges and l,00V
rifles, the loss Of which will be seriously
ielt 10y the government.
The sinking OF La Popa will also Grip
pie the naval fighting force, as Colon
bia recently sold the Cordoya, which
was her largest ship, and is now left
with only one gunboat Of account. This
Is the Gen. Pnzon formerly the
American steam yacht Namouna. One
hundred thousand dollars has been sent
10 Gen. Velez from Bogema with which
10 purchase another vessel.
Coincident with the receipt OF the
foregoing details comes the news that
he revolu;ionists are preparing q sim.
lltaneous land and sea attack on Rio
,haoha on the Atlantic side OF Colon.
lia. Ii Is the object Of the rebels 10
secure control OF at least one seaport,
which will greatly facilitate the intro
luction Of munitions OF war. They pos
less fleet that is almost, II not quite
'qual TO that OF the government This
damned attack win be directed by Gen.
lose Maria Castillo and Gen. c. Cas-
lilo. whose forces have united for that
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