The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-25
|I}TRGENT VICTORY
| WAS WORTH WHILE
,.,,;ls Of the Great Battle OF
Rama Show That Conflict
Was Bloody.
|pGrEs OF zELAIA NAY 1T,1ED ARE arr
,,pricans Aided Revolution
ists. Operating the Modern
Rapid-Fire Guns.

MUEFIELDS, Nicar%eu"c Ds,, -
,.,.Is of the battle of Rama are
y s.nrn The victory of The lnsur-
s was as complete as has been
binsd by them e
.s.,r two days Of Sighting. the tlerc-
M hat Central America has seen Gen.
rsa, on Tuesday, wiped out the
~ OF zelays S army of 5000 men
- ,oo escaped. The killed and
.,aod on horh sides, as before re-
soS ssS numbered 600, and 1000 OF fhe
,0rnment rn,T troops surrendered after a
tgcrs,e resistance
r., Irotchkiss and four Maxim
50O0 rifles and 100000 rounds
nmunition were included In the
.r General Estrada processes TO be-
H. he march 10 Managua Will be un-
.,te.ed
= ,ro deIirious with Joy. The victory
aid 10 haze been won on The Vel?
- sshcduled for the inauguration or
In Nadriz as president of NlcaraGus
,ucression 10 Ielaya.
Gsneral Luis Mcna is again here. HIS
,urs arrived on the scene of battle
.l,r victory was IN the balance and
inmed the tide in favor of the lnsur-
|rts c re-.
4 the request of United States Con-
|ul lTofst. Commander Shipley Of the
|r,itsd States cruiser Dcs Molnes sent
n. hospital squad ashore. establishing
| a irdependcnt hospital. where forty Of
In, wounded are receiving care. The
ilrericsn medical men have been able
M give their services to all who were
/ need Of them.
i Americans Helped Some.
SIX Americans participated ~ The
Isilp, operating rapid fire guns. They
-,zIed iniury with the exception or
~ named Bashford. who received three
llIeis in leg
Inc prisoners include General Con
1ps and General Castrillo. General
7k0ucz who was returning TO Rama
fsn Managua when hostiliiies began.
q not reach the scene during the
s.siing He was few miles distant
vteD the government troops were
sslsd aud it is possible that some 800
va eseaped with him.
hIsr Zelaya S trenches had beer
sfifd ihev were taken by assault. In
lk trenches we're several women who
EfisTed risking their lives IN the con
ftio starvation in camp. These wo.
70 we're armed with rifles and fought
Fngeonslv. One of them was wound.
aud later brought 10 The hospital
~ A large proportion of the pris-
NJ we're found TO he boys under l6
an Of age They accepted defeat as
ego 1t were very welcome.
'Sueral Gonzales. The vanouished
al9 OF the government troops. today
nifS the quarters Of General Estrada
railug The iAtter's rations with
fal relish and smoking insurgents TO.
'''o as though he onioycd il.
III Second Days Battle,
,'e second day fighting began at 9
tlgk IN the morning. Tho. first day' s
tnirt had driven the enemy back TO
ma'n notifications in the village of
I.Iso where for three wecls thcv have
ns s'rllging wires and digging
.ee country IN that vicinity had been
spMlF cleared Of underbrnsh. but ii
ri more IKE Il Jungle than other
4 ~, ,ne position of the government
.IL,,, peuInd their acmbsnl:mcnts and
t,!tdly strong. 80 '''''' ""e"
m'Sefer, The PROFESSIONALS. who be.
IIG',u thcy faced the oppressive 1ule of
u, or as ibc only alternative i'm
Went Of defeat, the humiliation of
s,nsslsou Nv The United States, bore
Ihs.6 Wi'h show Of valor that
,,1rye 80 fesicVc them from fhc
Spna a 9elng comic opera soldiers.
~. ;itircl ~ dead and tbe 100 wounded
Ian, surviving insurgents some.
=. Va, WIDOWS and orphaus can be
's yy@aering about the streets weep.
krJ n, no expression of regret is
4 var lo,e "e pf0Wsionals admit fhcir
h,sy s a. and estimate those OF Inc
III aDout an equal amount
G.. rugs for Gunboats.
|tjGsal Chamorroro. General Diaz
~ TTTt.ai Ttai Matutv first faced the rn.
/. No Nh, h tugs Pioneer and blanca
n, SsI% ogp were mounted Hofrhlyiss
qs.L ai Duned in sand. sfosmcd mn
IA xs;;nL n'LLipontary 10 tho NIico riycr
stM 'u INC village of Cccreo is sit,
j y runnos SvuIs they shellcd the village
IA. IeIs, maintaining great arruTa
, I'.z,bs~s troops frequently IoFt fbe
[I1lxts a.a. advancing through The
Z ia snuo na! Inc insurgents In hand -
( 'fsss1' '3u'cts. These clashes Wcr,
ihs ,, ~ 1ach instance bv a retreat
> III ln '.pcnes .tes and q forward moe
= ,k, ss,a me PROFESSIONALS. who cut IN,
= it,. 9nglelnents will their n,,
i1,a a. III these brushes man wrr,
I VA Chamorrorn uLo lab. ~.
frneh;, ,orih Amerjcan regular trnnn
y III Dis, win frenzied yiror CO.,
Z .nora .pis'lained. rs did General T,ha
"a ANA lake 10 cover. Diaz Walk%.
b fru,a fIrs "a hail Of bullets, d;rcctHgc HSe
n,ed sbo.1nS ms men, who however h,
e "a pos.;bie.n Keep under cover when
Il a,i hv when one soldier, on
n 'sdsr. the example OF his com
y .pistol usn' ',t on nus feet. Diaz turne,
a. lin 10 gnt ppn {ne man and command
~ m sVt nehind stunp.
fM 0namorroro Real General
= n%,,,roFo, who has been fiphtin,
Ea h .aIs' IS idoli2ch bv hi
sIers cynoss 1mors checrfully when Nj
nedly nl'0ss npSscd themselves, and goo,
I snnps n@T.u ,nJ them behind the cove
.loto wSS anG tangled undcrbrnsh. Cha
h 'f, E.f,adma ~ hot'Vc command Of III
- 4 s'ncral Ja nIa, having merely laid ou
- 'n'ng approached and III
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