817.00/5038: Telegram
The Chargé in Nicaragua (Munro) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:25 p.m.]
249. About 140 followers of Salgado attacked garrison of 20 marines and 25 guardia at Telpaneca at 1 o’clock this morning. Fighting lasted until 5 a.m. when the bandits withdrew. One marine was [Page 448] killed and another mortally wounded. One guardia was seriously wounded. Bandits are reported to have lost 20 killed and 50 wounded. They were well armed with rifles, machine guns, hand bombs, and dynamite bombs. The marines report that the new guardia as on other occasions put up a splendid fight.
A relief column is on the way to Telpaneca from Pueblo Nuevo as it is feared that there may be another attack tonight.