Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Russell to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, August 7, 1899.

No. 313.]

Sir: I have the honor to state that last week the insurgent faction in the State of Los Andes under Gen. Cipriano Castro was completely defeated by the Government troops in a bloody battle which lasted eighteen hours. The loss of the insurgents is placed at 800 killed and wounded and the Government lost 300.

This is the end of the disturbances in that section, which was the only part where there was trouble.

I have, etc.,

William W. Russell.