SIXTY THOUSAND TROOPS ENGAGED
South American War SERIES OF SPECTACULAR BATTLES Losses from Disease Press Association. —Copyright. Buenos Aires, May 11. Sixty thousand troops are engaged in real war between Bolivia and Paraguay. This year-old struggle may seem a comic opera affair, says the Sun correspondent, bui the fight for Gran Chaco has already been punctuated by a series of bloody and spectacular battles. Both sides have machine guns, tanks and big guns. Bullets, disease and thirst have slain thousands, while snakes, mosquitoes and fever are terrific handicaps. Men of both nations are rushing to join the colours. Seven hundred miles of new highways through the jungle are traversed by a fleet of army trucks.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 241, 12 May 1933, Page 5
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