LOYALISTS HOLD ADVANTAGE OVER BOLIVIAN REBELS
LA PAZ, September 1 (Rec. 11.30 a.m.). —Rebel planes twice bombed La Paz on the sixth day of the revolt, but did little damage. The planes flew at a great height. The Government ordered its troops to attack four towns held by the rebels, but the Government’s campaign was likely to slow up because of the distance from La Paz of the towns remaining in the rebels’ hands. The revolt has now split the country from north to south —from the Brazil border in the north to the Argentine border in the south. The loyalists control the more populous and more productive two-thirds, of about 270,000 square miles, and 3,500,000 in population. The rebels’ one-third comprises about 125,000 square miles with 500,000 inhabitants.
The battle for Cochabamba yesterday resulted in 20 rebels and five loyalists being killed. Thirty rebels and 10 loyalists were wounded.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 September 1949, Page 5
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