LISBON REVOLT.
FIRST-HAND STORIES. (Received Monday, 9.20 n.m.) MADRID, Sunday. First-hand stories brought by travellers of the Lisborn revolt shows that it began among the troops at Vendasnovas, who imprisoned the officers and killed the commander. They then marched to Almada, where they wefc joined by many civilians. The prisons were attacked and the occupants released and supplied with arm s. The rebels opened fire on Idle St. George Fort, which returned the fire. The rebels succeeded in preventing reinforcements arriving, but' were eventually worn down and overcome. During 'the fighting all the Cabinet members took refuge in the barracks. -—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 8 February 1926, Page 5
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105LISBON REVOLT. Wairarapa Daily Times, 8 February 1926, Page 5
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