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...chain of small forts owing to domestic troubles in Paraguay during last 30 years, penetrating slowly into undisputed Paraguayan Zone recognized as such by treaties signed by themselves, by U. S. and by the Argentine Republic. Bolivia has never cultivated or owned an inch of ground in that region. Bolivian authorities' object in claiming Chaco is only apparently obtention of outlet on river Paraguay -real object being political-for party preponderance. Former Bolivian Presidents confessed repeatedly, their country had no title or rights to Chaco. Paraguay does want peace, but will as little consent sharing Chaco with turbulent neighbor...
...aerial bombardment of civilian centres continues, enraged Paraguayan public opinion may kill Bolivian prisoners...
Coincident with the declaration of war came, for home consumption, reports of a great Paraguayan victory: at Fort Gondra a heavy attack had been launched, masses of Bolivian munitions captured, and the Bolivian Campero regiment "virtually annihilated." All this was promptly denied by Bolivian headquarters. Meanwhile the first U. S. correspondent to visit the actual battle front in the Chaco, Anthony Patric of the Chicago Daily Tribune, had his first report published in the U. S. He wrote...
...near Nanawa, the Verdun" of the Chaco, that the Bolivian and Paraguayan armies are locked in a battle which may determine the ultimate winner of the war. Modern trench methods have been adopted by both sides. At some parts of the Nanawa front, the enemy forces are less than 100 feet apart. Although the trenches are crudely built and uncomfortable, the sanitary conditions are good...
...during my stay at the front that the important battle of Gondra began. The Bolivian division was concealed near Gondra in particularly thick jungle. The troops were well camouflaged and equipped with machine guns. Picked infantry companies stood ready to advance with fixed bayonets. The Bolivians awaited the enemy's attack and let them advance almost in front of their lines. Then, with Paraguayans at the 20-yard mark, the Bolivian guns opened up, raking the Paraguayan lines with a terrific fire. The battle was hardly 15 minutes old before about 120 Paraguayan bodies were strewn over the battlefield...