Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-05
200 ARE KILLED
ON NICARAGUAN
BATTLE-GROUND
Revolution Renewed with
Added Intensity and
Scores Perish.
ONE TOWN is SEIZED
''Down with Madriz," Is
Cry of Populace-Chaos
Again Prevails
Especial to he Herald.I

AINAdUA, Nicaragua rep. &
vi over 200 dead, several hundred
-AAA wounded or taken prisoner, the
revolution in Nicaragua has broken
out again with added ferocity, and to-
night the republic is in a state of
terror and chaos prevails.
Everywhere the multitudes are flock
ing to the support of the insurgents,
and the cry of Down with Madriz!"
is echoed and re-echoed above the din
of bombardment and the buzz of regi-
ments.
Details of the fight at Santo Tomaso
show that the insurgents lost 100
killed in the fighting that continued
until dark. Santo Tomaso is fifteen
miles north of Acoyapa and ten miles
southeast of La Libertad.
Three hundred insurgents under Gen.
Mazis captured Boace, a town sixty
miles east of Managua, yesterday.
The fighting lasted two hours, but the
casualties are not known here.
Indications point to the imminence
of a decisive battle between the gov
ernment forces and revolutionists.
The insurgents are spreading the con-
nict over a wide area in the noun
famous district east Of Managua and
are holding forth in considerable num-
bers about Greytown, but everywhere
they are confronted by the troops of
President Madriz, who are d1sput1ng
their every advance.
Conflicts Daily
Fighting is of almost daily occur
renee. Yesterday at Boaca the insur-
gents forced back the government
troops to their main army at Las Ga
<ritas. in the mountainous district be-
T1 T.iharf96 and AVOCanA- In
turn the government troops defeated
a band of insurgents numbering 6OO
Colonel Valdez of the National forces
threw out an ambuscade and into 1t
walked the revolutionists. He then
inflicted serious losses upon them,
and finally, after an hour of lighting,
forced them to take refuge in the
mountains.
Nothing daunted, however, the in
surgents the same day made other
fruitless attempts to take Las Garitas
General Vasquez, commanding the
Nadriz troops, in a telegram received
today, says he expects the insurgents
to make another and more desperate
attempt to take the town Immediately.
and that decisive battle is near
party of forty American tourists
from Seattle and other points in
washington and California were re-
ceived in audience today by President
Madriz.
THE insurgent gunboat Ometepe en-
deavored to lombard Greytown, but
she stood too far off shore and her
shells did not reach the city. The land
battery replied to the fire of the ONE
tepe, which left the scene after an
hours action.
Fire at Greytown
Tho advices also say that Thursday
night a big fire broke out in Grey
town and destroyed nine houses and
that the flames were extlngulshed
finally with the aid of British blue
jackets.
Because of the interruption Of tele-
graph lines news has only just been
s. received here of the arrival at Grey
town on Wednesday of members of the
Managua Red Cross from Corn lsland'
where they had been held prisoners by
General Estrada.
Reports from the department of
Chontales say the column of the rev.
olutionary general, Luis Mena, is sur
rounded by government forces at san
TO Domingo, nine miles from La Liber-
tad. and that Mena must fight or sur
render.
The revolutionary gunboat Ometepe,
i'm company with the gunboats Pioneer
and Blanca, sailed last Monday from
Bluefields for a point to the north OF
Greytown, where 700 troops of the
government were reported to be en-
trenched. General Estrada and Gen
eral Matuty and 500 provisional troops
were on board the gunboats, which
prior to sailing had taken aboard am
munition and tested their guns
The United States steamship Des
Moines sailed for Greytown the fol
lowing morning.
Greytown is on the east coast and is
the principal seaport of the republic.
THE town has a population of 2OO0.
Most of the property here is owned by
British subjects. many of them ne
groes from Jamaica.
Artillery Duel
There was an artillery duel from the
heights at Santo Tomaso in which one
Maxim gun of the revoluttonfsts was
disabled and much of their equipment
and many of their beasts. of convoy
were captured.
The insurgents had 600 men in the
battle and the government HOO.
Minister General Baca tonight gave
ont a dispatch which he had received
from Gen. Vasquez announcing the de-
feat of the insurgents at Sante Tomaso.
The revolutionists were under the COM
mand of Col. Blandon.
The battle began at daylight Thurs
day and lasted five hours, when the in
surgents retired in disorder, abandon
ing their arms, ammunition and
wounded. Col Blandon was killed and
the insurgents otherwise sustained
heavy losses. The government troops
took many prisoners.
Gen. Vasquez personally commanded
his forces.
This evidently was a continuation of
the Las Garitos fights, though the
dates conflict. The places are only
three miles apart.
ON receipt of the news tonight the
nopulation of Managua celebrated the
victory by firing cannon and burning