REVOLT QUELLED

Grey River Argus, 4 May 1931, Page 5

REVOLT QUELLED

LANDING AT MADEIRA By Poruguese Forces SHELLING BY NAVALS. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LISBON, May 1. The cruiser Vasco Da Gama unopposedly bombarded Bico-Cruz, near Funchal. Troops landed and captured munitions. (Received May 2 at £.5 p.m.) LISBON, May 1. The Portuguese Government is still landing troops at Madeira. The earlier detachments are now struggling. They are impeded by the hilly country. The rebels’ short-range guns arc unable to reply to the marine bombardment. The Government forces have recovered two steamers from the rebels. The warship Vasco Da Gama fired two shots. One smashed the Registrar’s house, .a mile from the hotel where British residents are accommodated, and narrowly missing an adjacent building containing fifteen children.

Aeroplanes flew over the city indicating that the Bishop of Funchal’s peace efforts had failed.

Rebels Claim Successes (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. May 2. A Funchal message, timed at 3.10 this afternoon, states; The rebel leaders claim to have repulsed bombardments and attacks in four places. Transports are unable to approach the island, owing to artillery fire from the shore. Some of the Government forces have been wounded, and a destroyer has been towed to 1 the base. REVOLT ENDS. GOVERNMENT TAKES FUNCHAL. MADEIRA, May 2. The revolt has ended. The Ministry announces that Funchal was handed over to the Government to-day. A later message states that the rebel leaders took refuge in the British Consulate. The warship Vasco De Gama’s bombardment, though it broke the rebel moral, caused no casualties. Marines and bluejackets were landed to protect British lives and property. Foreign residents and visitors were not harmed. The civilians were not injured.