Show insurgents WIN A BATTLE THE COLOMBIAN GENERAL BERTI surrenders HIS COMMAND capitulated to aio lm enemy when mien compelled to tao 10 lo so HO by lack of food for ellirt aiesi and conviction that aid would not come coine the surrender to lo t alln h N Colom colombian blan insurgents sur gents of the government general Al morales berti anil and the troops of his command at agua dulce which has previously been reported aud and which was generally belev believed cd to have taken fallen place lias has now been confirmed this news reached panama through some former conservative prisoners of the insurgents gents who were vere liberated at san carlos as it a result of tho the landing there of an expedition from the government fleet of gunboats gun boats Getic general ral berti who had been besieged at ab agua agna dulce by the insurgents since july 28 only surrendered when his cause was hopeless in the acton act of surrender surender the insurgent general ller Iler declares lie he recognizes the abnegation of general derli and lils his men whom lie he succeeded in dominating because of tho the superiority of his forces and the quantity of munitions of war at ilia his disposal lie ile promises to hold inviolate the lived and lionor honor of ii his is prisoners and lie he allows general berti to retain his swore sword as a mark of lionor honor in recognition of liis his heroic defense of agua dulce the surrendered general and officers who have been paroled also will not be compelled to surrender their arms the insurgent general deplores the fact that eliat lie he is to accord more generous terms to general bertl berti and his men inen and says the necessities 0 war compel him to keep them as prisoners but that lie he may exchange them general ber barbi ti makes it ib known that lie he capitulated to the enemy only when compelled to do so BO by lack of food of any kind for his men inen and the conviction that the government could not send win him timely help general berti was very popular und and lie has the sympathy of everybody in liis his present reverse it is recognized that lie he could not have bave done otherwise than an surrender it is ia believed enthat the surrender of general herti simplifies the situation for general salazar Sali izar governor of panama who can now devote the forces of his command to the defense of Pa panama narna and colon the national government lias has appointed salazar su supreme commander of all the government forces rathe athe strong entrenchments which have been erected in and around panama are defended by 2500 men and there are over 1000 government soldiers also a large number of reinforcements have left ronda on the magdalena river forthe for alie isthmus limus and more men ore are expected to come in this week |