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HINT OF INSURRECTION LISBON THREATENED WITH BOMBARDMENT. VAGUE TIDINGS FROM CAPITAL. By Teleqraph—Per Press Assn.—Copyright. LONDON, Feb. 3. The indication of another revolt in Portugal is contained in a cryptic report from Lisbon and the city is threatened with investment and bombardment. The, revolutionaries have surrendered unconditionally. Earlier messages are presumably held up by the censor. ONE DAY RISING THREE HOUR ARTILLERY DUEL STATE OF SIEGE 3 3 < Received Feb. 4, 10.45 p.m. LISBON, Feb. 4. The rising lasted twenty-four hours. Prisoners taken total 120, including Major Almeida, who was in command of two batteries of artillery concentrated at Almada, opposite Lisbon, and which fired a number of shells towards the capital, injuring fifteen people and damaging a number of houses. The fortress of San Jorge replied vigorously, and the duel lasted three hours. A rigorous state of siege was established and order restored. The leaders arc imprisoned on a cruiser.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19505, 5 February 1926, Page 7
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153TROUBLED PORTUGAL Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19505, 5 February 1926, Page 7
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