Show REBELSIIN BATTLES Defeat Government Troops and Capture Cap-ture Troops In Venezuela HE4YY FIGHTING IS DONE + SEVENTYTWO OUT OF 1500 SOLDIERS SOL-DIERS ESCAPE Insurgents Under General Castro Seize and Occupy Cities and Capture Cap-ture Armg and Ammunition Marching on to Valencia General Sarria Taken Prisoner Washington Sept 29The state department de-partment has received a dispatch from the United States consul at Puerto Ca hello Venezuela under date of the 13th Inst in which he gives a summary of the several encounters between the government and rebel forces jn that country The first encounter between the forces of rebel General Castro and those of the Venezuelan government occurred near the city of San Cristobal near the Colombian boundary line The government forces engaged consisted of between 400 and 500 men under the command of General Lepolo Sarria The rebel forces were considerably larger but the actual number is not known The rebels defeated the government gov-ernment troops and captured their leader General Sarria The second battle was in Cristobal The 1000 troops commanded by General Pealosa engaged 2000 rebel troops commanded com-manded by General Castro for eight or nine days resulting in General Castro withdrawing his men he having learned that General Fernandez was on his way there with about 7000 troops of the government The third battle was before and in the town of El Cobre Report has it that the rebels here defeated 1600 government gov-ernment troops under the command of General Morales and that the general succeeded in escaping with but sev entytwo men and the ammunition train Resulted In a Draw The fourth encounter took place at Lumbados mountain where General Weidmann with 2500 government troops tried to stop the march of the rebels reported to be 2000 strong The fight Is reported to have resulted in a draw both sides claiming a victory At any rate General Castro continued his march At the town of Cardero General Castro Cas-tro was attacked by nearly 5000 government gov-ernment troops under General Fernandez Fernan-dez His force then consisted of about 3000 men A terrible battle was fought reports placing the loss of the government at nearly 1500 killed and wounded The loss of the rebels is unknown un-known Again both claim a victory After the battle the rebels marched to the town of Tover In this place the rebels fought and dispersed so it is said 800 government troops under General Gen-eral Guiterez and captured arms ammunition am-munition and supplies Victory Por Rebels At Arrales were massed according to the report nearly 3800 government troops commanded by Generals Torres Tor-res Autar Guevara and Planes Yet if reports be true the rebel chief defeated de-feated them and captured many riHes and much ammunition In Barquisimeto General Suarez had about 1000 government troops entrenched en-trenched behind strong fortifications but the rebel forces did not attack At the time of writing the consul states that the rebel forces at Bejuma report saying that the rebel General Castro is resting his troops and animals ani-mals before marching to Valencia |