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Show AMERICAN IS WOUNDED Capt. Fowler One of the Defeated Insurgents at Tipitapa Managua, Feb. 24 Captain Godfrey Fowler, who commanded General Cha- morro's artillery, is reported to hae been wounded In Tuesday's battle near Tipitapa Fowler Is an American Amer-ican and formerly was a member of the Thirty-third infantry, U. S. A. The government's victory' appears to have been complete. The Insur- j gents thrice charged at a bridge over the Tipitapa, hurling their infantry i against General Agullar's battery of three Maxim guns with the fury of despair, hut were unable to force a passage of the rLer, and retired In disorder, abandoning C00 rifles, 13,000 . cartridges and their baggage, and leaving their wounded on the field j The whereabouts of General Cha- morro, the leader of the insurgents in the recent battle, is not known here. Tho exultation over the government's govern-ment's victory continues here. The story of the fighting was told In a dispatch from General Rias, who was in . command of the troops i that attacked the Insurgents. Accord "ing to Rivv. the battle benan early Tuesday, the government forces assuming as-suming the offensive by an nttack on Tlsma. which had been occupied by the Insurgents, who had mounted two Maxim guns. These giins, commanded by Captain Fowler, did great execution execu-tion among the loyal troops, and for sex en hours General C'hamorro had the advantage At an opportune rno-, rno-, ment, Rlvas was reinforced by tho men under Chavnrrla Soon after General Vasquez and General Agulllar came to tho support of the government govern-ment lines Agulllar brought artillery and poured a merciless fire into the ranks of the Insurgent infantry. At sundown the rebels withdrew toward to-ward T'pltapa, leaving their dead on the field. The fighting was the most soveie of the war thus far. where 400 men were killed or wounded. During the night Chamorro reorganized reor-ganized his forces and attempted to capture the trenches occupied by General Gen-eral Ramirez at Tipitapa. The fighting fight-ing lasted four hours, when the Insurgents Insur-gents were driven back They retired In the direction of Saltillo, and It is thought they will join the division under un-der General Mena. Dallas, Tex., Feb. 2-1. Capt. Godfrey God-frey Fowler, reported In today's Associated Asso-ciated Press dispatch as being wouud-cd wouud-cd In the battle of Tipitapa, is a resident resi-dent of Palestine. Texas, and Is a grandson of the late John H. Reagan, postmaster general of the Confederacy and afterward United States senator. Capt. Fowler served one term in the Texas legislature. He served In tho Philippines during the Spanish American Amer-ican war, and is SG years of age. |