| Battle of Agua Carta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Nicaraguan Civil War, Occupation of Nicaragua, Banana Wars | |||||||
 Chesty Puller (center left) and Ironman Lee (center right) in Nicaragua, 1931. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Nicaragua |
 Sandinistas | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 1st Lt. Lewis Puller GySgt William A. Lee |
Augusto César Sandino | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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2 marines 40 national guard | 150 guerrillas | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
2 killed 4 wounded |
At least 24 killed 10 dead rebel bodies counted 10 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Agua Carta, or the Battle of Lindo Lugar, was an engagement between the National Guard of Nicaragua and the rebels of Augusto César Sandino in 1932.[1]: 357–359 It was fought near Mount Kilambe at the Agua Carta, a river in Sandino territory, as part of the American occupation of Nicaragua and a long lasting civil war.[2][3]
- ^ Musicant, I, The Banana Wars, 1990, New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., ISBN 0025882104
- ^ "Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller : Date of birth: June 26, 1898 : Date of death: October 11, 1971". Militarytimes.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ Alexander, pg. 61