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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Paraguayan forces attacked and captured Fort Vanguardia on the Bolivia-Paraguay border, killing most of the 35-man Bolivian garrison and burning the fort, prompting Bolivia to sever diplomatic relations and withdraw its legation.
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Fort Is Charged, Captured and Burned—Relations Severed
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 10.—While Hoover’s party was anchored off Antofagasta, Chile, last Saturday night, the Bolivian government issued an official announcement of a frontier clash between Bolivian and Paraguayan soldiers resulting in partial severance of political relations of the two nations.
The announcement disclosed that the Paraguayan Government requests a committee of inquiry provided by the Fifth Pan-American Conference of 1923, appointed to investigate the situation.
The statement says a Paraguayan force of cavalry and infantry, totalling 300 men, attacked and captured Fort Vanguardia, north of Bahia Negra on the border, killing most of the garrison of 35 men and setting fire and razing the Fort.
The statement says the “Bolivian government considers the attack on Fort Vanguardia an insolent menace to the fraternity of people and constitutes an attack on the sovereignty, providing a motive for the virtual rupture of diplomatic relations with the aggressor country from whose territory the Bolivian Legation has already been withdrawn.”
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Primary Location
Fort Vanguardia, North Of Bahia Negra On The Border
Event Date
Dec. 10
Outcome
killing most of the garrison of 35 men; fort captured and burned; partial severance of political relations; bolivian legation withdrawn
Event Details
A Paraguayan force of cavalry and infantry, totalling 300 men, attacked and captured Fort Vanguardia, killing most of the garrison of 35 men and setting fire and razing the Fort. The Bolivian government considers the attack an insolent menace to the fraternity of people and an attack on sovereignty, providing motive for virtual rupture of diplomatic relations with Paraguay.