Show MENA DEFEATS FORCES Of GOVERNMENT u I ie Nicaragua Feb Fob 5 Dis Dispatches patches received hero h ro describe the en engagement I between the provisional forces Corces under General Gen lena Mena and the government troops In an official ills dla dl patch General Gen ILena Iena says that ho he de do defeated six Bi hundred of tho enemy com cont commanded commanded by b General Garrida at Guate Guatemalan mama malan at Las Garitas which Is mid midway midway way war between La Libertad and aud Jul galpa galla Mona Mena completely routed muted tho the enemy enem capturing many prisoners and rifles The losses to lo the Madriz forces were heavy he while the provisional suffered only slightly General Mena lena Is pushing forward to i join General Chamorro at v Is well we on the way to Mangua I Chamorro In the tho last tow row days In Ills his advance upon the tire capital executed executed ted lell a flank movement thus evading the Madriz troops which expected to engage him bun at Acoyapa is isone one cue and a half hal days das from Teustepe in Managua province with a clear road from froni there thore to Granada I I The Tho Madriz forces the dispatches di say have retreated to Santo Domingo directly to the north of Teustepe General Chamorro holds all the lines linea to the Interior end and the tho enemy behind him Is completely cut off General Aurello Aurelio Estrada brother of oC the president of the provincial govern government mont ment has 1200 men In the hills six miles from Managua having haYing success successfully successfully fully organized a 1 rising some somo time ago ngo II O directly under the nose noso of the ad administration administration administration ministration He will Join Chamorro and Mona Mena in the tho march on Managua The provisional government expects that the people of Grenada and RIvas will reinforce the tho provisional mak making ing Estradas army anny six thousand I strong Great excitement prevails here The expedition which went to on the tho gunboat has returned I after having been tired fired upon a Q number of times by b tho the No land landIng lag Ing was effected A courier from Cha Chao Chamorro Chamorro morro bearing dispatches to General Mona was vas captured by b the Madriz sol soldiers diers and shot |