REVOLT IN PORTUGAL
SHORT-LIVED RISING VIGOROUS ARTILLERY DUEL. LEADERS IMPRISONED. ; (Received 9.32 a.m.) LISBON, February 4, J The rising lasted 24 hours. Prisoners tahcn numbered 120, including Major* ■Almada, who was in command of two batteries of artillery concentrated op« posite Lisbon, which fired a number! of shells towards the capital, injuring 13 people and damaging a number of houses. w i The fortress' of San Jorge replied vigorously. The duel lasted three? hours. A rigorous state of siege was established and order restored. The leaders were imprisoned on a cruiser.— A. and N.Z. , f (A cablegram received from Lbndom yesterday read as follows:—An indication of another revolt in Portugal is contained in a' cryptic- report from Lisborn that the city had been threatened with investment and bombardment. The revolutionaries surrendered unconditionally. Earlier messages appear to havo been held up by the censor). i
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Northern Advocate, 5 February 1926, Page 5
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