Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1909 — GUNS SLAUGHTER SPANISH REBELS [ARTICLE]

GUNS SLAUGHTER SPANISH REBELS

Moors Kill and Wound Nearly 3,000 Soldiers. KING’S THRONE IN DANGER Reports From Barcelona Are That the Artillery Forced the Revolutionists to Surrender and That Outbreak Within Borders of Alfonso’s Domain Will Have Been Put Down After Action In One or Two Small Places. Insurrectinists Trapped InSquare. Madrid, July 3(h— It is officially announced that the cavalry engaged at Barcelona succeeded in driving into St. Martin's square the principal bands of revolutionists against whom the artillery opened fire, causing great losses. The survivors surrendered. The official statement further says that it now remains only to master small groups of revolutionists in the villages in the vicinity of Barcelona. The artillery as soon as the insurrectionists were trapped opened fire, mowing down the revolutionists, who sought to escape, but were met at every point with shot and shell. Those of the insurgents who were not killed or seriously wounded threw down their arms and surrendered. Official dispatches admit that th©., battle between Moorish tribesmen and Spanish forces was a disastrous defeat for the Spaniards. The Spanish killed and wounded numbered almost 3,000, which takes no account of the men at the advance posts, who evidently were cut off and abandoned to their fate. More than 1,000 Spaniards, among them a general, were killed. Melilla is full of wounded men. The battle is still going on. The extent of the disaster to date is apparent in General Marina's dispatch as given out at the war office. He says: “Thursday the Moors cut the railroad, severing communication with our outposts. Our batteries shelled the Moors, but the advance posts were endangered, and they had to be abandoned. “The situation at Melilla is grave, despite the desperate bravery of the troops, who are now fighting under the wails of the city.” Five convents and several private residences at Llanza have been burned.