WOMEN'S BATTALION IN NICARAGUA.
GIBL LEADER WOUNDED* Or <uau—ritsß istoounov—oonafanJ (AUSTEiLtt* 'Am Jr. 8. ' CAM* IBM (Received February 18th, 6*6 p.fff) MANAGUA (Nicaragua), .Feb. 11 A battalion of women formed and lod by a twenty-year-old girl, assisted the Conservative forces recently to recapture the town of Chinandega from tlio Liberal troops. Sixteen women, were wounded, while pasaittg lminnhition to soldiers in the trenches. Tfo leader, Natalie Garcia, was shot, in the breast, and is in a serious condition*
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18925, 14 February 1927, Page 9
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