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Show ABICI FORCES LOSE M KILLED Lieut.-Col. Long Captures Leon .and Chinandega, Nicaragua, Nic-aragua, After a Fight. SAN" JUAN BEL SUB, Nic, Oct 7. Tho American forces lost two marines and two bluejackets killed, in tho attack on Icon and Chinandega, which were- occupied by tho rebels. Fifty rebels wcro killed and many wounded, Tho others have been disarmed. dis-armed. Chinnndega is the capital oC the department de-partment of tho same name, lying about twenty-four miles southwest of Leon. Both towns have been in tho hands of insurgents for weeks, and tho residents have suffered much distress. According to advices received hero a large detachment of marines and 'ncjacketa, under Lieutenant Long, went from Goriuto to throo points on the National Tailroad, Chiuandega to the northwest, Loon to the southwest and Chichigalpa almost midway between. be-tween. Chichigalpa wan tho sccno of the engagement Friday, while the rebels wore forced to ovacualo the two other towns tho next day. Lato advices say that on Snuday, when tho American murines and bluo-jackets bluo-jackets under Lieutenant Long marched into tho city of Loon to take possession, they wero met in tho streets by a mob, which opened tire. Four Americans wero killed and four wounded. The marines roturnod the fire, killing fifty and wounding forty. The others wero driven out of town. Tho American forco in tho vicinity of Leon aud Chinundoga mmfbcni 1200 aud has tho situation under control. Evidently iuflnonced by tho capture of Masaya, tho liberal leaders at Leon asked for safe conduct to leave the country, agreeing lo surreudor tho city. This wns satisfactory to Prcsidont Diaz and Admiral Southerland, and permission lo leave, with tho proviso that thoy should not return, was granted Gcnernl Tras and a dozon other generals, who havo been making Leon their headquarters. |