Show MARINES MA MASS f FOR R ATTACK ON TR P Sandino With 1000 Men Holds Stronghold in Mountains ENEMY IS BOMBED Battle Expected to Take Place Thursday WASHINGTON Jan 4 United Press The Press The navy department announced announced an an- today that the two marine battalions and their supplies or ordered or ordered dered to sd Nicaragua will be e moved on seven leven vessels The U. U US U.S. S. S S S. S will carry men from Hampton Hamp ton Roads accompanied by the Us uS u U s 's S S. S. S Sapelo as supply ship The light cruisers Trenton Milwaukee Mil Milwaukee waukee and Raleigh will carry carry men and officers from Charleston 5 S. S C. C and the submarine tender Argonne I with the U. U S. S S. S Nitro as supply ship will transport from San Diego Sailings reset for January januar 9 MANAGUA MANAGUA Nicaragua Jan 4 United Press Press United United ted St States tes ma mv ma- ma terrific after ft ate dif I c bombing at at tack by airplanes m massed sd f today cla foral foran for foran an al attempt to storm the tho position of the strongly entrenched rebel general gen gen- eral Augustino S Sandino The attack probably wl will be be made madet t tomorrow morrow Sandino t with witha a a well trained force estimated at at 1000 1000 m men held a strong position at El C In Inthe inho the tho mountains of the O Ocotal otal re re- re gion The The marines under Lieutenant Moses os st J Gould Gouid w were re operating out of fite fifteen n ii miles away which they captured last Friday Marine Marln planes bombed the rebel positions unceasingly Monday and yesterday It was believed they had done don heavy damage I PLANES DROP BOMBS The planes flew low ov over ever r the Sandino lines picking their targets and dropping twenty-pound twenty fragmentation fragmentation fragmentation frag frag- bombs deadly ac accuracy ac- ac curacy They reported the Continued on page 4 MARINES MASS FOR FOR ATTACK ATTACK ON R REBEL BEL TROOPS Continued from page 1 L tion of oJ of their their direct hits hits' was tre tre- tre The aviators disregarded the antiaircraft guns with which Sandino's San- San be dinos dino's men were reported to 10 equipped but they they were greeted with a heavy barrage of ot rifle and machine gun fire El Is an Inaccessible spot reached over narrow and rocky trails and an attempt to storm it will be difficult Sandino's troops were reported entrenched In bombproof bombproof bombproof bomb bomb- proof shelters dugouts and caves s. s No further casualties were re- re re reported reported ported to Colonel Louis son Iio Gulick Gu- Gu lick In command of ot marine headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters here since the fighting at In which six marines were killed and twenty-eight twenty wounded Lieutenant Gould was was' among mong those thoc slightly wounded WELL TRAINED Nothing ha has hag been heard of or th the casualties of ot the Sandino forces The marines have found that the rebe rebels s are well instructed and wellI well armed and have s settled down to a I difficult task which they have de determined determined de- de to accomplish sh MEXICO CITY ITY Jan 4 AP AP- AP Pedro Zepeda Nicaraguan liberal today Joday gave out a a statement regarding regarding regard regard- regardIng Ing casualties of ot American marines in Nicaragua Zepeda formerly rep- rep represented Dr Juan Nicaraguan Nicaraguan Nic Nic- liberal leader In Mexico Zepeda said several hundred United States marines had been killed in the past six months Infighting in infighting infighting fighting bet between een them and followers follow follow- ers erg of the rebel general Augustino He asserted American authorities were withholding the exact figures' figures on casualties al although although although al- al though Nicaragua papers papers frequently frequently printed stories of ot the clashes and listed the marine dead and II wounded |