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[United Press Association.] London, April 26. As the Niearaguans remain obstinate, 400 marines will to-day occupy the Customhouse and Railway Depots at Corinto. New Yokk, April 28. Four hundred marines, from the British wirship Royal Arthur, with two machine Runs, were landed in twenty-two boats, and have occupied Corinto. The troops seized the Customhouse and other public buildings, over which the British flag wag hoisted. The local garrison withdrew on the approach of the British, and crossed the lagoon separating tne town from the mainland, and are now in a strongly entrenched position. The warships are ready to bombard if thp entrenched troops interfero with the marines. Most of the residents of Corinto have returned to San Juan.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 99, 29 April 1895, Page 2
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