REVOLT IN CUBA
BATTLE WITH REBELS STATE TROOPS SUCCESSFUL BITTER BAYONET FIGHTING tP. T.Wranh—Pres. Association—Conr ichtl Received Aug. 20, 8.12 p.m. The New York Times' Havana corThe New York Times' Havanna correspondent says the biggest battle since the formtion of the republic oc curred to-day, when 4000 troops, supported by gunboats, attacked a group of about 800 rebels at the town of Gibara. After bitter bayonet street-fighting, the town was retaken and a remnant of the rebel forces took refuge in r. conduit tunnel, where they arc trapped and must surrender or be killed in an airplane bombardment. Some reports place the rebel casualties as high as 500. The Government reports its own casualties as two dead and two wounded.
The battle is believed to have di dsively ended the revolt.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 197, 21 August 1931, Page 7
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