Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-05 | Page 2 | Real Fight Probably Coming Pretty Soon

REAL FIGHT PROBABLY COMING PRETTY SOON MANAGUA. Feb. 1. Indications point to tho imminence of a decisive battle between be-tween the government forces and tho revolutionists. The Insurgents aro spreading tho- con-lllct con-lllct over a wide area in the mountainous mountain-ous district east of Managua and arc holding forth in considerable numbers about Greytown, but everywhere they aro confronted by the troops of President Mndriz, who arc disputing their every advance. Fighting Is of almost dally occurrence. Yesterday tho Insurgents captured Boaca. sixty miles east of Managua, forcing back tho government troops to their main army at Las Garltas in tho mountainous district between La Llb-ertad Llb-ertad and Acoyapa In turn, tho government govern-ment trops defeated a band of insurgents numbering COO. . , Col. Valdez of tho national forces throw out an nmbusendo and Into It walked the revolutionists. He then Inflicted In-flicted serious losses upon them, and finally, after an hour of lighting, forced them to take refuge In tho mountains. Nothing daunted, however, the revolutionists revolu-tionists the samo day made other fruitless fruit-less attompts to take Lns Varltas. Gon. Vasqucz, commanding the Madras troops. In a telegram received today, soys ho expects the Insurgents to make another an-other and more desporato attempt to tako tho town Immediately and that a decisive battle Is near. A party of forty American tourists from Seattle and other points In "Washington "Wash-ington and California was received In audience today by President Madrlz.