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Perrysburg Journal
Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio
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In Yaguache near Guayaquil, Ecuador, over 1,000 men were killed or wounded in a battle between armies of rival political factions vying for presidential succession after the sudden death of the incumbent about a month ago. General Julio Andrade's Quito forces defeated General Flavio Alfaro's Guayaquil troops.
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One Thousand Killed or Wounded in Fight as Result of Struggle Between Rival Political Factions.
Guayaquil, Ecuador.—Over 1,000 men were killed and wounded in a battle at Yaguache, to the northeast of the city.
An army supporting the Quito government, under the command of General Julio Andrade, formerly Ecuadorian minister to Columbia, attacked and defeated an army of Guayaquil troops supporting the provisional government proclaimed by General Montero, under the command of Gen. Flavio Alfaro.
The present conflict is the result of a bitter struggle between rival political factions in an effort to choose a successor to the office of the president to fill the vacancy caused by the death very suddenly of the former incumbent about a month ago.
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Yaguache, Ecuador
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over 1,000 men killed and wounded; army supporting quito government defeated army of guayaquil troops
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An army supporting the Quito government, under the command of General Julio Andrade, formerly Ecuadorian minister to Columbia, attacked and defeated an army of Guayaquil troops supporting the provisional government proclaimed by General Montero, under the command of Gen. Flavio Alfaro, in a battle at Yaguache, to the northeast of Guayaquil.