DECISIVE BATTLE
REBELS CORNERED IN CUBA
HEAVY CASUALTIES ''
NEW YORK, 19th August
The ''New York ; Times'* Havana correspondent says that the biggest battle since, the formation of the Eepablio ■ occurred" to-day,,; -when- 4000 troops, supported by; gunboats', -attacked a group of about 800 rebels at th« town of Bibara. i : . 4fter bitter:bayonet'.fighting in ta* streets the towft. was retaken and th« remnant., of- the rebel .forces took .refuge in a conduit, tunnel, where they are trapped and must surrender or. b« killed by. aeroplane bombardment. ; Some reports' place the rebel casualties as high as 500. ' ' . ; 'The Government reports that its own casualties were two dead and tw» wonnded.' ' ~ ' ' - ' The battle.is believed to have decisively ended the revolt; '■ '
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1931, Page 7
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117DECISIVE BATTLE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1931, Page 7
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