Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-06
FIGHTING NEAR NlBACUA
Insurgents Lose Hundred Men Killed
in Battle Lasting All Day.
CONFLICT OVER WIDE AREA
Series Of engagements I'm which
Rev~oIutionists Are Met az Every.
POint-DecisIve Baggage
ment Expected.

MANAGUA. Mic, Feb. 6-Detaiis received
here last night Of a fight at santo
Tomaso show that the insT; gents lost 100
killed in the fighting that continued until
dark. santo Tomaso IL fifteen miles north
of Acoyapa and about ten miles south
east OF La Libertad.
There was an artillery duel from the
heights. during which one Maxim gun OF
the revolutiouists was disabled and much
Of their equipment and many of their
beasts Of convoy were captured by the
government forces.
The insurgents had coo men engaged in
the battle and the government LOO.
Minister General Baca tonight gave out
a dispatch which he had received from
General vasquez announcing the defeat OF
the insurgents at santo Tomas. The rev.
olutionists were under the ommand OF
Colonel Plandon.
The battle began at daylight Thursday
and lasted five hours. when the insurgents
retired in disorder abandoning their arms,
ammunition and wounded Colonel Blandon
was killed in the engagement and the In
surgents sustained heavy losses, The gov
eminent troops took many prisoners. Gem
eral vasquez personally commanded his
forces.
This evidently was a continuation OF the
last CARTE engagement, though the dates
conflict. The two places are only three
miles apart.
On receipt of the news tonight the popu-
lation of Managua celebrated the an
nouncement OF the victory by firing cannon
and burning firework
Decisive Battle Expected.
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decisive battle between the government
forces and the revolutionists. The in
surgents are spreading the conflict over
a wide area in the mountainous district
east of Managua, and are holding forth In
considerable numbers about Greytown, but
everywhere they are confronted by the
troops of President Madris. who are dis
putting their every ADVANCE
Fighting is Of almost daily occurrence.
Yesterday the insurgents captured Boaca,
sixty miles east of Managua~ forcing back
the government troops to their main army
at Las Garltas, In the mountainous dis
trict between La Libertad and Acoyapa,
defeated a band OF insurgents numbering
800. Colonel Valdez, of the national forces,
threw out an ambuscade and into 1t walked
the revolutionists. He then inflicted ser
ious losses upon them and finally, after
an hour Of fighting, forced them to take
refuge in the mountains.
Nothing daunted, however, the revolu-
tionists the same day made other fruitless
attempts to take Las Garitas.
General Vasquez, commanding the Ma
Orig troops, in a telegram received here
today says he expects. the insurgents to
make other and more desperate attempts
to take the town Immediately and that a
decisive battle is imminent.
A party Of forty American tourists from
Seattle and other points in the states of
Washington and California were received
in audience today by President Madriz.
Insurgents Take BOaca.
Three hundred insurgents, under
OF General Mazis, captured Boaca, a town
sixty miles east Of Managua, yesterday.
The fighting lasted two hours, but the
casualties are not know here. The town
was defended by s~eventy-five government
soldiers led by Colonel Barquero. The
latter were surrounded, but fought their
way through the insurgent lines, the sur
vivors reaching the main body of the gov
eminent army at Toustepe.
The insurgents are advancing in three
columns with an aggregate force OF 1000
men. President MadriE is confident that
lHG d0NhnCG WIN W iOOhgA 1T 4ABlNdBdY
twenty miles east Of the capital. Five
hundred additional men and a Maxim gun
nave been dispatched to that point by the
government.
General Medina declares that the orig
mails Of zelaya's~ kilograms, instructing him
to cause the executions OF Groce and
Canon, the Americans. were surrendered
to the former president before his de-
parture for Mexico. Medina is corrobor-
ated by the telegraph operator, VINO says
that the originals were turned over to
him at the request of zelaya.
Tries to Bombard Greytovvn.
SAN JUAN DET SUR. N'carasla. Feb.
6.-Advices received here are to the effect
h the provisional ~govsrnrneil. sulpoat
Ometepe endeavored to lombard Grevtown,
but that it stood too far off shore and its
shells did not reach the city. The land
battery Immediately replied to the fire of
the Ometepe, which left the scene after
an hours action. The reports say Thurs
day a big fire broke out in Greytown and
destroyed nine houses and that the flames
were e~xtinguished finally with the aid OF
British blue jackets.
Because Of the interruption of the tele-
graph land lines news has only Just been
received here of the arrival at Greytown
Wednesday of the members of the Mana
qua Red Cross from Corn island, where
they had been held prisoners by General
Estrada, the provisional president.
Reports from the department of ChOntales
say that the column of the revolutionary
General Luis Mena is surrounded by gov.
eminent forces at Santo Domingo. nine
miles from La Libertad, and that Mena
must fight or surrender.