However, no other independent media reported on the claimed rebel victory.
He staved off a rebel victory and increased the size of the military from 12,000 to 57,000 men.
President Cristiani was confident he could prevent a rebel victory.
The official estimated that a rebel victory was "a few more days away."
He'd been driven from the surface fighting by one rebel victory after another.
Someone had to tell the Wolfes of the great rebel victory.
Finally it was completely disbanded after the rebel victory on April 1, 1939.
Foreign journalists soon were able to visit the base following the end of the battle, confirming the rebel victory.
The location had been the scene of a rebel victory two months earlier.
Though the attack is regarded as a rebel victory, the Union ship was saved from serious damage.