Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-07 | Page 1 | Venezuelan Troops Retire before Rebels

VENEZUELAN TROOPS RETIRE BEFORE REBELS Fall Back Upon in Exhausted Condition With Numbers Killed and Wounded PORT OF SPAIN Island of Trinidad Feb 7 The The Venezuelan troops sent to dl disperse erse the insurgents In the vicinity of La GU Guayra lyra have been compelled to tall Call back upon which place they reached In an exhausted condition The troops lost a number of men killed or wounded in the skirmishes hes which they had daily with wip the Insurgents I WILLEMSTAD Island of Feb 7 7 The Venezuelan revolutionary steamer LIbertador erroneously reported to have been b en sunk b. b by a Venezuela a Ven z e r. r gunboat at Porto Colomba was using cruising off ff this island last at a. a t n night g t and w was off the coa coast t of ot Cur at at 4 L o clock t. t this l p on ing She Sh-e- with the shore by boat and must have steamed away way shortly after 4 a. a m m. m I It It- Itis is believed believed be be- that the French cruiser which arrived here during the morning morning morning morn morn- ing disturbed the operations of ot the Libertador It is said that the landing lancing of war munitions on the Venezuelan coast by bythe bythe bythe the Libertador now will be very actively pushed