THE PORTUGUESE REBELLION.
« The Rebels Defeated. [BY VLXVTHIQ 3 KLKGBJPH.— COPT&IQBT.J [Special to Press Association.} IBecaivod Feb. 3, at 10.40 a.m,J LISEON, Fib. 2. The Oporto rebels numbered six hundred, chiefly infantry. Headed by their officers, they broke out from their barracks at four in the morning, and marched to the police and the telegraph offices. The Municipal guard of cavalry and infantry, who remained loyal, intercepted them, whereupon they retreated to the Town Hall and nominated a Eepubliean Directorate. Desultory fighting went on till 2 p.m., when the Town Hal 1 was captured at the point of th( bayonet. Three hundred soldiers and civilians were arrested, two wert killed, and sixty were wounded. The rebels relied on support from all | parts of the country, but did no! receive it. __«__.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7079, 3 February 1891, Page 3
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130THE PORTUGUESE REBELLION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7079, 3 February 1891, Page 3
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