CUBAN REBELS
PIERCE BATTLE WITH POLICE. BITTER BAYONET FIGHTING. New York, Aug. 19. The “New York Times’ ” Havana correspondent says the biggest battle since the formation ot the Republic occurred to-day, when 4000 troops, supported by gunboats, attacked a group of about 800 rebels at the town of Gibara. After bitter bayonet street fighting, the town was retaken and the remnant of the rebel forces took refuge in a conduit tunnel, where they are trapped and must surrender or be killed in an aeroplane bombardment. Some reports place the rebel casualties as high as 50b. The Government reports its own casualties as two dead and two wounded. The battle is believed to have decisively ended the revolt.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 212, 21 August 1931, Page 9
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117CUBAN REBELS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 212, 21 August 1931, Page 9
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