Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-24
REBELS DRIVEN
FROM BOLIVAR
Citv Falls Into Hands Of Gas
tro's Troops After Bloody
Fight Is Waged.
FIGHTING LASTED TWO DAYS
Government Troops Attacked the
Revolutionists From Land and Sea
SimuItane ousIy-Every Foot of the
Ground Contested.

Revolutionists From Land and Sea
Simultaneo usIy-Every Foot Of the
Ground Contested.
Caracas, Venezuela, July 21.-A
messenger VINO mas arrived here by
steamer and train from Ciudad Boil.
var reports that the city was captured
nv the government troops at s O'Clock
this morning (Tuesdayl.
soledad, Venezuela, Monday. July
90 D. m.-The fight from o'clock
this afternoon has been horrible and
at this hour the only places which still
resist the onset of the government
troops are the Jail and the capitol.
Early in the afternoon the govern
ment troops, which had received all
the reinforcements available, together
with ammunition, and who numbered
in all 5000 men, were ordered 70 make
a general attack upon all posltlonss
still held by the rebels. At 8 O'Clock
this afternoon the "Zamora called
the Scbastopol of Cuidad Bolivar, was
stormed and captured. Ninety-four
dead rebels were found inside, among
them being Gen. AzanZa, one OF the
revolutionary leaders, whose head had
been blown off by shell. 1t is i'm
possible to render an idea OF the car
mage which occurred at this point.
At the same time Gen. Rivas, Gen.
Gomez chief lieutenant, with 2,3Oo
men succeeded in destroying BARR.
cade erected around the Miranda
plaza, the key to the capitol, where all
the survivors of the revolution are con-
centrated. All the roads and streets
running into the capitol are guarded
by government troops and the escape
of the revolutionists after the capture
of the capitol, which is inevitable,
seems impossible. They must either
surrender or die At Z o'clock tonight
| the customs house was taken aftes~,a
I ten-hours' fight. The Associated
Press representative counted sixty
killed as result of tits fight.
The Dalton block, where the Amer.
lean consulate and most of the for
eign business houses are located, was
captured at 5 o'clock. The revolu-
tionists are without provisions and
water, the supply pipe having been
cut yesterday. Their situation is con.
sidered desperate and hopeless. The
shops are being pillaged.
Soledad, Venezuela, Monday, July
20, 1890 a. m.-Since the last dis
patch was sent to the Associated Press
at o'clock yesterday afternoon, the
battle between the revolutionary
forces at Ciudad Bolivar and the Ven
ezuelan government army. command.
ed by General Gomez, has ragged mad
ly. Block after block was disputed,
the government troops entering the
city slowly. All the houses had been
barricaded, and the revolutionists had
been forced from fiat roofs called
azotoas. When the revolutionists fin-@
ally abandoned the houses, after hav-s
ing taken all that could be used for
barricades, or to otherwise stop the
advance of the government troops,
they were Immediately occupied by
the government soldiers, who bored
big holes in them so as to commune. n
cate with the next house. The city
appears to have been struck by A.
cyclone. '..
At 10 o'clock the government COM
manders, seeing that only the artillery
could make breach in the barricades
of the Alameda, ordered twelve guns I
to open fire on them, and at the same
time the Venezuelan feet, which had
changed its anchorage SO as to bring
its guns to bear effectively on the city,
opened fire. The soldiers on both 4
sides have had no food for two days,
no ambulances are being used, and yet 3
the fighting continues.
soiedad, Venezuela, Tuesday, July
2l.-(By boat from Ciudad Bolivar)
Bolivar was captured at II
o'clock last night, after fifty-two hours
or desperate struggle and horrible
carnage, during which great courage n
was shown on both sides. The jail 4
and the capitol were the centers OF a
the most severe fighting and many
men were killed or wounded there.
When those places were captured only
few blocks behind the capitol re- I
manned to be taken At midnight the
1usllade ceased and the silence OF 4
death reigned Gil the rest CT the night /
over the city. S5
At 5 o'clock in the morning the cor.
respondent Of the Associated Press fol
'oWea General Rtyag, de caW.Mande'.r Y. a. II
OF the government. troops, who met
General Gomez, the Venezuelan com.
mander-in-chief, near the capitol anu
confirmed the announcement that ing
capitol. jail and all the rest OF the 5s
city were in the hands of the govern. 81 !,
ment soldiers. General Gomez inform AN Y
ed the correspondent that the resist
ance at the capitol had been OF q na. 81
lure worthy Of better cause, tnat
each yard MArampart was covered py ~
Inc dead, and that General Nieoias
Aolando. the last Representative VI tne U
revolution. and his two lieutenants, e
Generals Pablo and Guzman, and Gen a
eral Vasquez, had been taken prison 81
ers.
NO adequate idea can be cabled O
ne scene which Cindad Bolivar pre-
'ents. The city appears to have been
'WeDt by cyclone, accompanied by Z
5;$ n
General Wood Reaches Manila. VA
Manila, July Gen. Leonard Wooo
arrived here yesterday. He will COZ,
er with Governor Taft and Gener,,,,
oavis on the Moro question and VIII
cave shortly for EnmbOanga to Q, gan.
ze the government Of the Moro
province.