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Show EftRLY END D P WARFARE PREDICTED ! Load i n Countries PJiMi Action To Talk Peace; ' "ASUNCJON, PARAGUAY, : .Jan. 25 U.R) The - i'atnous Fa ru p u ay a i r " A ceva ra cavalry caval-ry regime lit of, GuMrani ' 1'n-tfians, 1'n-tfians, " virtually annihilated the 41st Bolivian . infantry regiment in the sixth day of a bloody battle for possession, posses-sion, of Fort Nawana in the Gran Chaco, . the war department said today., ' 1 v Official announcement of the victory vic-tory caused a. great celebration here. The Ace vara, regiment inherited in-herited its name from a unit in the war of 1870, when 'troopers of the regimenl wore metal helmets and received 1 he nickname, "Ace-vera," "Ace-vera," meaning in the Gua rani language, "the head that shines." Indians Chart The war department announced thai Ihe riuarani cavalry charged t lie, Bolivia ns and cut them down wilh machettes, native hachets. Bolivian survivors fled after the first attack and were pursued by the Indians, the announcement said. Snmn V n rip uiqu ovnrpwrH in in. Some hope was expressed in informed in-formed quarters that hostilities in the Gran Chaco, now in the seventh month, might he ended soon. The foreign ministry said no new proposals had been received. receiv-ed. Reports from Buenos Aires said that the Argentine proposal for an anti-war pact among South A morgan nn I ions had been made. One government -official predicted pre-dicted that, the f ighl ing would be ended by May. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continued con-tinued in fhe Nawana sector, where Bolivians, directed by Gen. Hans iMindt, stormed the Paraguayans. Para-guayans. According to local reports, re-ports, t hp attackers were beaten off repeatedly with heavy losses. |