New-York tribune., 1910-02-21
yASQUEZ'S DEFEAT
f1fERTC4NS -4CTUE IN
THE B-4TTLE.
One of Them Wo"nded-i"-
sureent Story of fiction
Neaa TO Take 4ggress're.

VI Ptu 10 II Uht II =
t>luaselds. Nicaragua, Feb -o-Aiiiel
leans took an active parS IN 'ie '"
between the insurgents and me Mao' -
7,,-c.s at San Vicente, and one OF 'ieA'
q, least WAS badly wounded they were
,.,,.3er ,,antain Victor Gordon, with Cen
,,,al Nena. the contingent oelhs hii'
Sc 1h, American Scouts. Inc Noaiiue0
maj, * William wilkins VINO 1oItiec ''i'
,rovisiouals from Panama. A steer pui-
r., s+,ncz The cartridge clip swung
.,.,oss his shoulder, pear the heart, ana
MAS detected, penetrating his arm ana
leg
Anor,er scout. q. T. Bushby, was
bruised when q stone from behind Wfich
he was firing WAS shattered pS d es4iiii'i'
l.an Rushhv was thrown twenty feet
s,ut he came back to the Eight
In 4 dispatch which he has sent mere
Cantai., Gordon says that the battle be-
gan on February IL They reached
,,hinao Oh February IL, when after ten
hours of desperate attacks and counter
attacks the enemy under General Vas
,lssz retired 70 q secondary position,
iron, which this morning his forces
opened = desultory artillery fire. which
ceased 81 10 o'clock
According to Captain Gordon. Vas
auez was l,eaten, although his six hun
,red men outnumbered the provisional
forces two 10 one. Nasquez can receive
ga reinforcements. and when ali OF
aiatu1y'S men arrive-and they are ex-
s5-cted hulIriy-Ceneral Mena VIII as
sumo the aggressive and viii attempt
"a drive Easquez toward the lake
f.arly on 1ha morning Of February Is
1he eneny-s guns demolished Mena's left
trenches. driving out his force, includ-
Ing The Americans. Mena reformed and
1eCaptured the place, The enemy then
.s,e7.e3 II front of Il new hill. hut Mena
oxecGtel q f,ankinE movement. causing
The government troops 10 retire in great
-,.=Efusioll. They abandoned many rifles
sad narrowly saved = Maxim gun.
some of Nasquez's personal effects Were
IG1e,l. and the general himself had a
I.a,Cow escape.
The li-rccness Of the battle is indi-
rated by the fact that TWO OF Nena's
Guns were disabled Another was twice
siismoun1ed. hut each time replanted.
doing effective execution. Mena s loss
as twelve wounded. Gordon is OF the
"linion that the enemy's loss was heavy.
as their assaults were delivered across
omen spaces in tho face OF artillery.
When The enemy withdrew. Frank
Reynolds. At the head Of FIVE other
Americans. hotly pursued them. coming
within 1lty yards OF capturing 3 Maxim.
when They were compelled to retrea- :.
Al times the bullets. shells and shrapnel
came so thick that il was difficult TO see
because of the dust kicked up. One OF
the enemy's MaxiIll's was CAPTURED by
assault, this being the operation in which
Wilkins was wounded. He was borne 20
The rear by comrades in the midst of q
hail OF bullets
once The Americans ran out Of am
Inunition, and before neTv supply came
we're compelled to defend themselves in
ii hand-to-hand fight. Five additional
Americans. under General Zeledon. were
placed in command OF forty Nicaraguans.
With whom they turned the enerny's left
flank III a movement which shortly after
ward terminated In the eneny's complete
retirement. Those Americans were Don
II. Turner. OF II Paso; J. II. Herman, of
-Iascoutah, H.: 7 F. Thomas. recently
al Johannesburg, South Africa: Lewis
Ross, OF Milwaukee and 7. d. Moore, Of
Dover. Fla
On the enemy's retirement, Mena s
cavalry gave chase. but was unable 20
n come UP before Easquez had taken shell
j FER on Z high hill. 1t was from this new
position that Easquez i,ombaried 70
day. Apparently further lighting is in
evitabie, although prisoners taken by the
provisional forces report that Tasquez' :
men are deserving in squads