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Show BRAZILIANS WAN REBEL ATTACK ITALIAN RESIDENTS cupy" LEGION; FEDERALS OCCUPY ADVANCED POSTS Twenty Thousand Rebels Are Pre-pared Pre-pared For Expected Attack of Brazilian Forces; Many Are Under Arrest Buenos Aires,-The officially heralded, her-alded, decisive action by which the Brazilian government expects to put an cnd to the Sao Paulo rebellion, will find the rebels well prepared, according to uncensored dispatches reaching Buenos Aires from near the scene of the struggle. With approximately 20,000 well-armed well-armed and munitioned men the rebels are said to be awaiting with confidence confi-dence an attack by the federal fore es It is asserted that the rebels hold all the strategic points in and about the city of Sao Paulo and also have artillery ar-tillery placed on what r.re known as the English bluffs, which command the roads leading to the city and from which the Portuguese a century ago used to watch for hostile Indians. In-dians. The correspondent of Le Nacion at Rio Janeiro sends the following official offi-cial communication in connection with the revolutionary situation: "The federal forces, commanded by General Potyguara now occupy further fur-ther advanced positions. Airplane reconnaissances have been made for operations that are now proceeding. "Our aviators made several flights over Sao Paulo. An airplane belonging be-longing to the woman aviator Anesia Pinheiro Machada, which was being used by the rebels, was destroyed and a rebel lieutenant and five soldiers sold-iers were made prisoner at Ribeiro Preto while attempting to flee." The Italian residents of Sao Paulo have organized a military legion, which has been incorporated into the rebel forces defending the city, according ac-cording to a dispatch to La Prenza. Montevideo, Uruguay, Several prominent Brazilians opposed to the government have been arrested in Santa Maria and Pelotas, in the state of Rio Grande, according to advices received from the Brazilian frontier. ' The advices add that the Rio Grande newspapers are not being be-ing permitted to reproduce news or comment of the foreign newspapers regarding the revolt. |