The arms of the revolution on this memorable date have covered themselves with glory. The adventurous pirates once more have bitten the dust in our aggressive mountains, because our powerful con-cons and excellent marksmanship of our excellent riflemen will let the civilized world know the cause which is defended with sacred justice and legitimate right, omnipotent God will fight our cause and conduce us toward success.

Once more the cowardly punitives who in the air make motions of greatness because they have the advantage that in the airplanes they pilot they assassinate cravenly our peaceful countrymen, have suffered a defeat today at 10 a.m. after trying to fight with a small guerrilla expedition around the zone of Quilalí under the command of the valiant captain Abram Centeno. The two airplanes made evolutions in the air after a strong bombardment with machine guns and bombs and were perforated in the gasoline tank and were burned in the air, one of the apparatuses falling in our power also one of the aviators and the mechanic who threw bombs. Said aviators being captured there were judged by a Council of War and shot summarily, applying to them the same law that the adventurer Feland wanted to apply to the patriot and legitimate Nicaraguan General Augusto C. Sandino when he made him an outlaw in his own country. The other machine although it was also perforated, but managed to escape and reach Ocotal where they have a landing field.

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General Echeverría: I am well and today I will answer other correspondence and reports that have reached me. Estrada has more than 150 men awaiting the Yankees whom they say want to reach San Juan first. God will place obstacles in their way. There is nothing new.

Patria y Libertad

/s/ A. C. Sandino