Show o Si merj meri an F Forces Wage ag With Sandino Troops I 9 E fJ pies Rep Report rt Movements bf of f U. U S. S P Patrol troI to Insurgent gelt Chief 2 26 MEN WOUNDED Nicaraguans Slain Are Injured I F MANAGUA MANAGUA Nicaragua Jan 2 P One P One P-One One American marine was as if lied d' d dand and five wounded in a fight I I ith the rebel rebe for forces es of General andino indino yesterday afternoon while arching Irching to reinforce the he marine rison at near which a al aj l gu n ry b battle was fought on i day filter I a sharp skirmish the rebels ere defeated fled and to the moun li s. s Their losses could not be der de de- r J- J n d First S Serge Sergeant nt Th Thomas mas G G. G Bruce the States States' mar marine ne' ne corps li ho also was was' wasa a lie lieutenant t n r t in the j national guard was 1 lied in yesterdays yesterday's f fighting His ome n-e n was in in- Philadelphia Lieutenant Merton A. A States marine corps of Wis- Wis was seriously wounded our our other marines were wounded lit lit- their names had not been re- re here today t MANAGUA Nicaragua Jan 2 AP United Unite United l States States' marines marine's were today in jn a bitter c campaign rebels led fed by General Sandino after a san san- battle in which five mames ma- ma mes Ines were killed and two twenty-two liTho r io marines marIne's operating with Icar national guardsmen rove rove the rebels rebels' from the Sandino SandIn near neat a few illes fles so south th of the Honduran borr borer borer bor bor- er r Friday The rebels informed i. i spies of the marine advance ere Were fully prepared to meet the and ant the tho patrol was forc forced d a thoroughly trained and arid 11 lI Il equipped force of m- m argents to gain their objective AID AlD E fi it is regarded a as certain that andino Is receiving outside aid ause use his men men are better quipped and armed than hereto hereto- re Ore Marine headquarters were that th the conduct of the thet t ebels els in battle was greatly im- im roved roved and that the tle men carried oth machine guns and rid rifles lit It was was' estimated that for ever every larine casualty there were en mong tho the rebels which would which would put puth h- h rebel lie rebel dead around fifty and th the d. d near Since Sandin s 's slen len ien removed their dead and rounded to save them from uLe ueS the exact number of rebel es will probably nev never r be bearne arne arned The Jl rine lilt t cRua SInce I I. Con on age 6 American Forces Wage ili w Fight Figh With Sandino Troops Spies Report Movements of U. U S. S Patrol toI to I Insurgent Chief Continued from page 1 1 forces were landed in Nicaragua u more than a year ago THE DEAD First Sergeant John E. E Hemphill Chicago Corporal Adolph rt M Mid Middle die dle le Village Long Island N. N Y Private First Class Grady W. W Goldsmith Deerpark Wis Nis Private First Class George E. E Watson Point Coupee La Private Privat First Class Estler Grosson Grosson Gros- Gros son son Pleasant Plain O 9 SERIOUSLY INJURED Captain Richard Livingston Philadelphia Gunnery Sergeant Fred Cory Anaconda Mont Private Robert H. H Collins Collin Cobbtown Cobb- Cobb town Ga Gal Private Bernard W. W Co Coyne n Framingham Fram- Fram ingham Mass Private Charles E. E Turner Terre Haute Ind Private Leonard J J. J Smith New NewYork NewYork York City SLIGHTLY WOUNDED Lieutenant Lieutenan William T T. T MInnick Pittsburg Pa First Lieutenant Moses J. J Gould Paterson N. N J J. J Sergeant S. S Field Varnville S. S C C. C C Corporal John Dakota City Iowa x Corporal Anthony J J. J Leach De Pc- Jb troit Private Raleigh R. R Louisville Ky Private Thomas Thomas' Francis Dowd Orange N. N J J. Private Jason Little Taylorsville Taylors- Taylors vine ville N C C. C Private Arthur J. J J Fitzpatrick Colorado Springs Colo Pr Private vate Albert H H. H Newberg Pine Pin Lawn Mo Private Clifford CIlfford C. C Endress Youngstown O. O Private William E. E Merchant 1 Newberry S S. S C. C Private Paul Huska Torrington Conn Private Glenn Smith Warren 0 O. O Private Edgar B. B Walker Walker- Clay Ky Private to Harry M. M Blanchard Vio Vio- let La v According to marine corps advices advices advices ad ad- vices to Washington the twenty twenty- third marine wounded Joh John P. P Coyle Coyl was slightly wound d th the same day In a separate engagement t with bandits near Guana Guano Castillo MORE ON WAY A marine merino reinforcement numbering number number- ing men with a 3 pack train o of mules carrying supplies and an d ammunition was on Its way toda today from Ocotal and Telpaneca t to Sandino who has lies been repudiated repudiate by leaders of the liberal ral party th the official opposition to the govern govern ment had known for several weeks weep s that hat the marines were preparing t to o make a 3 drive on He made mad eo e extensive preparations to resist reds et t them with a a. picked force of ot 50 men 1 General Sandino andino fortified his s I forces on the outskirts of 1 on the only trail leading into th the e town This trail is mountainous rocky and heavily timbered Th The e marines knew that to in order to capture cap cap- ture tore the town the rebels would wool d have to be driven out from th the e road As the marines were as ascending g the tho mountainous trail Sandino's Sandino men opened fire on them from the their r hiding places along the tho road Th The 8 slightly wounded were injured b by Y bursting bombs I Captain Livingston who was i in n command fell seriously LIeutenant Gould who was later late r I slightly wounded Immediately took tool command By desperate and hard fighting g the fie marines dislodged the rebels Airplanes aided them but word were no not te t as effective as previously since sine e Sandino had scattered his men In- In stead of grouping them After Aftel dispersing the rebels ih the e marines pushed on toward Qu lali Sandino had told his followers that tha i I the second time timo he the met the marines marine s he would emerge victorious Tho e defeat at last July when en n ee one marine and rebels w wet were re e killed d and rebels wounded still stil 1 rankled I The rebel leader l iha had ad a boasted that he could never b be driven from his mountainous an and almost Inaccessible fastness The occupation of 01 forced force d him to shift shUt headquarters to El EI E l eighteen miles from th the e le I captured town El EI is near nea the Coco rIver river which will be use used by the rebel leader as an avenue e of escape If it he Is hard pressed The river empties into tho the Atlantic at Cab Cabe Gracias Once on th the e I river would escape be comparatively compare easy as the stream flows flow s through an unexplored wilderness sg i. i Managua is anxiously awaiting g the wounded It will be 00 several severa 1 I days before e they can be brought brough t here They will be taken on mule mule- back back to the nearest landing field either Ocotal or Telpaneca Fro From m there they will be sent to Managua 1 a by plane I The d dead ad were buried at |