The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-24
Americans Participate in Battle, Operating
Rapid=Fire Guns Women Killed While
Fighting Americans Land Supplies

In tho trenches woro several women
who preferred risking their lives in
the conflict to starvation in camp.
These women were armed with
rifles and fought couraGeously. One
of them was wounded and later
brought to the hospital here A large
proportion Of the prisoners were
found to be boys under 16 years of
age. They accepted defeat as though
1t were very welcome.
General Gonzales, the vanquished
leader of the government troops, To-
day shares the quarters of General
Estrada and is eating the latters ra-
tions with great relish and smoking
insurGent tobacco as though he ca
joyed il.
The second days lighting began at
. o'clock In the morning The first
days conflict had driven the enemy
back 10 the main fortifcationS, in the
village of Recreo whore for three
weeks they have been stringing wires
and digging trenches.
The country I'm that vicinity had
been partially cleared of underbrush,
but 1t remains more like a jungle than
otherwise. The position of the gov
ornment troops behind their embank-
ments and barbed wire entanglements
proved unexpectedly strong. However
the PROFESSIONALS, who believed they
faced the oppressive rule of MadriZ
or. as the only alternative in the event
of defeat, the humiliation OF interycn-
ton by the United States. bore them-
selves with show of valor that should
ever relieve them from the charge of
being comic opera soldiers, The nun
dred dead and the 150 wounded gave
the surviving insurgents something 10
think about.
Today widows and orphans may be
seen wandering about the streets
weeping. Yet no expression of regret
is heard.
The PROFESSIONALS admit their heavy
losses and estimate those Of the enemy
at about an equal amount.
General Chamorroro, General DlaZ
and General Matuty first faced the
enomy. The tugs Pioneer and Blanca
upon which were mounted hotchkisS
guns half buried In sand, steamed up
a creek tributary TO the river upon
which the village OF Recreo is sltuat-
ed.
Hand to Hand Fight.
For hours they shellod the village,
the gunners maintaining great accur-
acy Zelayas' troops frequently left
the trenches and advancing through
the junglcs, met the insurgents in
hand-to-hand conflict, These clash
ee were followed in each instance by
A retreat to the trenches and for
ward movement by the PROFESSIONALS,
who cut the wire entanglements with
their matchets In these brushes
many were killed OF wounded.
General Chamorroro. who looks like
a typical North American regular
trooper, fought with frenSied vigor
General Diaz diSdained. as did Gene
raj Chamorroro, to take 10 cover
Diaz walked erect amid hail of bull
lets. directing the fire of his mon
who. however, he insisted, should
keep under cover whenever possible
When one soldier. enthused by the
example of his commander. fought on
his feet, Diaz turned his pistol on the
man and commanded him 10 get he
hind A stump. Chamorroro. who has
been fighting for 30 years. is idolized
by his men He Swore ChceTfully
when his troopers exposed them
selves and good naturedly pushed
them behind the cover OF under
brush. Chamorroro was in active