FLAMES OF REVOLT QUICKLY QUENCHED BY LOYAL TROOPS
Portuguese Mutineers Besieged and Defeated MORAL, ATMOSPHERE FOR SUCCESS LACKING United Service. Received Monday, 7.15 p.m. ' , LONDON, July 23. • A censored delayed message from Msbon states tkat the attempted •volution is crushed and the Gov--rnment is maintaining order . broughout the country. An official communique declares that ’ officers of the Seventh Regiment of Chasseurs stationed at Barracks mutinied on and tried to involve the Lisbon Garrison. Government troops besieged the barracks all night and began an offensive in the morning supported by artillery. The: rebels quickly surrendered, losi ing seven killed and thirty wounded. Precautions taken by the Government in. other cities prevented similar outbreaks. _ Tlie' mutiny is described ■ as political in character, directed against the Government,- but it’lacked the moral atmosphere f <Jr success. An earlier official account stated that the leaders were under arrest, and the normal life of the city resumed. Artillery damaged adjacent houses, injuring the occupants.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6669, 24 July 1928, Page 9
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158FLAMES OF REVOLT QUICKLY QUENCHED BY LOYAL TROOPS Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6669, 24 July 1928, Page 9
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