The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
Big VICTORY FOR ESTRADA
100 kiLIED AND BOUNDED
N NICiRiGUiN BtTTLE.
0n 60 NanaGua Again the Cry AFTER
Desperate FiEht Near Acoy apa Pris-
onerz. Ammunition and Mules cap
tured- Prospects Sf war changed.


special csbIs D,ipSscA 10 rHE sux
BLUEFIEIDs. July -, by wireless 10
Colon The pendulum has swung again
in this war torn republic and this time the
Governments capital. Manag,ia. is men
aced by a force Of revolutionists that has
been hammering at its defenders for the
Last month Definite information was
received here this afternoon that Is
trada's forces had succeeded in cutting
a path through the army OF the Govern
ment Of Madriz at Acoyapa
Fighting has been in progress there for
the last month. IL was Of deSultory ma
ture until Thursday On that day Gen
Monoado Of the Estrada forces rushed
the Madriz brigade under Commander in
Chief Nasquez and Gen Garrida.
Most Of the fighting occurred within
the town OF Comolapa The MaCiriz forces
were cut down They fled leaving hun
dreds dead and dying on the field
One report received this noon declares
the losses in this fight will amount TO 500.
Most Of the casualties. were scored against
the Government
Moncado has been ORDERED TO - on
toward Managua with his forces. while
the other division OF the Fat rada army
will attempt to cut through the last Madriz
obstruction and effect n junction with the
victorious troops Of Moncado Then
the real test u the ten months war will
he begun The prize will he Managla,
the ancient capital of the Nicaraguans
During the ten hours fighting at Como
lapa the Estrada troops captured many
Of the enemy, took great quantities Of
arms and ammunition and III mules
| This last item " perhaps of more impor
tance than the ammunition captured
/ IL will enable Estrada to add to his flying
squadron ~ cavalry that Is supposed TO
mark out the way 90 Managua's gates.
From reports received this afternoon
from Acoyapa u IL assumed that Gen. |
Mena. the Estrada commander. IL al |
ready engaged in an attempt To cut down !
the remaining barrier between him ]
and the coast He ~ fighting ten
! Castrillo's comparatively weak force
II Mena succeeds IN cutting down |
the army IN his front Il is almost certain I
that Mansgua, the MAdriE capital. will |
fall THIS means a complete Estrada ,
victory and the end 81 the war in Near /
aqua On the other hand Estrada got /
closer to the capital last January than |
ne is now Yet he was flung hack and |
hrs army torn to pieces
However conditions are different now
Madriz lost heavily IA his campaign |
against Estrada at BluehsIds Many
Of his troops were left on the Atlantic |
coast. with the result that his army Of |
RESISTANCE" mas put up only feeble line
Of defence against fstrada's present
InvHsion
Besides sentiment in the interior and ,
on the Pacific coast has altered much .
since January. Estrada's advancing
army under Gen. Msna has been sue
cored IN almost every mile of its advance
through Theoretically hostile territory
The march has been made with more
caution than the previous one and against
an enemy vastly weaker than the force
EstradA's men fought last January
Estrada has gone into the field To take
personal charge Of the final assault on
Managua. He left here this week and
should reach Acoyapa on Monday lie
hopes 20 ride ~ the head Of his troops
into Managua
The present campaign was directed
Ivy Estrada against the advice of the
United States Consul here. /, is said. and
this official was hacked up in his opinion
by various commanders Of United States
marines who were posted here six weeks n
ago. However Estrada Was determined
and he sent his men under Gen Mena
into tn" field in the middle Of the rainy
ssason. They advanced cautiously. es-
tablished frequent basss 81 supplies and
arrived at the snsmy'- front in good
shap. for fighting.
Tn. local situation IL unchanged
News 81 Bonilla's aprisinR in Honduras
has been received here. This revives the
rttrnor thar EEtrada and Ronilla ara wnrk /