| Show 1 I GERMANS HAD TO WITHDRAW attack venezuelan fort and are given warm reception the german cruiser panther shelled port rort san carlos at the entrance to lake maracaibo venezuela saturday for one hour the tort fort returned the fire with four guns the panther with 0 drew in the direction of curacao fort 4 ban Sanf carlos is tient two miles from maracaibo and commands the er trance to the lal e or inner bay general bello the commander ol 01 the fort says yesterday afternoon at 1 SO 30 fort san carlos was attack ed and shelled without any provola alon on our part without orvious previous n no 0 or the delivering of an alti batum by the german cruiser pan ther which tried to force the entrance after a fight lasting an hour during which the fort used only tour four guns the panther was obliged to abandon the fight and retreated in the diorec tion of curacao the fort suffered no damage and only three men were wounded there have been popular demon st rations in the streets as a result of the shelling of the fort |
