VENEZUELA.
SUCCESS OF THE INSUKGENTS. A GENERAL CONSCRIPTION. COMMERCE PARALYSED. (by klkctiuc telkcuaph.—copyright). New York, April 21. News lias bfvm received from Venezuela lo the effect that the Government troops attacked the iusurgents ut Pololo, and after a desperate fight (he former wore defeated, losing onetbird of their number. Five thousand insurgents are marching on Puerto Cahelloj a town on the coast some distance west of the capital. The populace of tho place are fleeing in terror. The Government has ordered a general conscription, and tho commerce of the country is paralysed. Many of the Government soldiers are joining the rebels. There has been great slaughter on both sides. Later intelligence stntos that the insurgents have inflicted another defeat on the Government troops with heavy loss, and are in full march on Caracas.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3085, 23 April 1892, Page 2
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133VENEZUELA. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3085, 23 April 1892, Page 2
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