The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-28

eral Chamorro's column dashed into
the fight. Blandon and Mena were
driven back by the enemy's superior
forces and artillery. The service ot
Colonel Conrad's' gun was again
annihilated. All along, the..lins the
revolutionists were losing heavily but
holding their own. Another service
was found for Conrad's gun, which
was in an exposed position, and could
not be removed on account Of the
accuracy of the government mems FIRE.
These brave fellows tried to rescue
the piece, but they met their death
in the attempt, At last, Conrad in
desperation seized band of cartridges
and putting it into the gun opened
fire. Bullets rained around him and
men fell on all sides. General Blan-
don seeing Conrads plight went to
his aid. A moment late-The was mosa1
tally wounded. aa .r
The officers were falling In all direc.'
tions. and as night was coming on
General Mena decided 70 retire before
his troops were sdenoralized., The
Americans under Conrad and, Gordon
assumed the responsibility for the rear
guard. 1t was in this action, that
Gabriel Conrad won such distinction
that he was created general He
also has the honor of being the young.
est man OF his rank in the world. n
As soon as the government troops
saw the revolutionists retrcatingr they
executed clever move and practically
cornered their enemy. Genersl, MenA .
was in despair. If the fankipg troops
made a junction his force would be
lost and the revolution probably fail.
1 lnE htVarx ~ A.
ernment troops from sweeping on 20
the unprepared lines of General NCha-
MORO.
| When the situation of che revoiu-
tionists was most hopeless there was
a quick movement amongst the
Americans Conrad with his artillerp
and Gordon with his sharpshootsrs
faced about "RetreatW cried ConrsA
Retreat Wen hold the enemy IL
check"
Conrad's machine gun opened fire
on the government troops. who were
making victory winning charge s
trap Mena's men. Down went the
men in dozens before the deadly spit
of the Maxim, and the rapid fire Of
the Remington autoloaders. For q
while the daring of the Americans
staggered the Nicaraguan troops.
whose general, knowing that a serious
check meant failure to his advance,
concentrated his attack on Conrad and
his companions, The government ma
chine guns opened fire on him. For
one hour he stood in a hail of bullets
until every helper at the gun fell dead
or wounded The government bugls
blew the charge, A moment later.
hundreds of men rushed towards the
smoking Maxim. Conrad jumped be-.
hind the gun and served il himself
driving back the battle-mad Mica
raguans with a hail OF death. ~
At last Conrads luck deserted him.
A bullet passed under his gun and
through his body. He fell. The enc
my again tried to rush the gun. Crawl
ing bleeding and faint to the ammuni-
tion Conrad once more served the gun
and the enemy fell back "Viva
EstradaP Viva Chamorro" cried
Conrad as the ammunition gave out
and he fell to the earth unconsciouAs
| General Gordon, with some of his
men, rushed in and seized Conradps,
body and also carried the gun off the
field as the sharpshooters kept the
government troops back,
Conrad soon revived and he fol-
lowed the retreatipg army, riding ON
a mule, on which he was held by the
war correspondents who had followed
the campaign, whilst Gordon's sharp.
shooters formed \ guard around him.
Conrad suffered agony from his
wound, but the only sound that came
frsm him was thanks 70 the gal.anS
men who stood by him IN his terrible
time Of need, and saved him from illl-
ing into the hands, of Zelayas, msa.
which meant death,
Gabriel I csnrad's Eailantry kept
back the enemy and made Mena'a
army's retirement possible, thus sav-
ing the unprspared forces Of General
Chamsrro from what would have been
a disasterous- hatSle. A big order fss
one man. ~. 10y s s,4N ali
While Conrad lay between life anA
death in Bluehelds, a letter addrssssd
to General Gabriel Conrad, from Gem
eral Estrada arrived, which thanked
the young American for his gallantry,
and told him that he won his title a.
the battle OF Santa Clara Mouutain,
where one man in every fspr was
killed. X Y,
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