America’s Little War
A Brush in Nicaragua Rebels Raked With Fire By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. THE sustained trouble at Nicaragua again flared up at Ocotal, where rebels attempted to capture the town. U.S. airmen, who were sent to the relief of the marines, raked the rebels with machine-gun fire from the air.
Received 12.5 p.m. AMAGUA (Nicaragua), Monday. QNB United States marine was w killed and another wounded in a battle waged by 39 marines and 47 of the Nicaraguan constabulary against 400 men armed with machine-guns—-the forces of the former Liberal general, Sandino. The rebels attempted to capture the town of Ocotal. It is reported that 100 rebels were killed and 200 wounded. United States planes were sent from Managua by Brigadier-General
Feland, when he heard that the marines were outnumbered. The planes raked the rebels with shot.—A. and N.Z. Reed. 12.5 p.m. WASHINGTON, Mon. Salmon de la Silva, a Nicaraguan, commenting on the engagement, told the Pan-American Federation of Labour that there would be a war on if the United States marines did not leave the country. They would have to destroy the entire population of Nicaragua.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 100, 19 July 1927, Page 13
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