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Show Maracaibo, Venezuela, Jan. 16. The German cruiser Panther shelled Fort San Carlos, at the cntracc to Lake Maracaibo yesterday for one hour. The fort returned the fire vrih four guns. The Panther withdrew in the dhection Curacao Foit San Carlos Is twenty-two miles from Maracaibo and commands tho ' cntiancc to the lake, or inner ; bay. ' . The correspondent here of the Associated As-sociated Press has received the following fol-lowing fiom Gen. Bello, the com mander of the fort: "Yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock Fort San Carlos was attacked and shelled without any provocation on our part, without previous notification notifica-tion or the delivery of an ultimatum, by the German cruiser Panther, which tiled to force the entrance. After a fight lasting an hour, during which the foit used only four guns, the Panther was obliged to abandon the fight and retreated in the direction of Curaco. The Fort suffered no dam-ago dam-ago and only three men were wounded." |
