Marines' Arrival Saved Managua.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 18, 1912:
Nicaragua Capital Was in a Panic After the 24-Hour Bombardment.
SCORES KILLED AND INJURED
Women and Children Were Among the Victims — Two Thousand Inhabitants Fled in Terror.
    MANAGUA, Aug. 16, (Delayed in Transmission.)— The arrival yesterday of the three companies of American marines, under command of Major Smedley D. Butler, to reinforce the smaller detachment of bluejackets landed previously to protect the lives and property of Americans, brought immense relief to the Nicaraguan Government and to the Americans and other foreign residents as well as native citizens.
    The situation in the capital Tuesday and Wednesday was very serious, and the inhabitants were in a nervous panic, following the desperate attacks made by the insurgents, when they nearly broke through the line of Government troops. The dread of the natives was increased by the hail of shells from the rebel guns all night Tuesday and all day Wednesday.
    Two thousand or more of the population fled, many leaving on trains, and the poorer classes taking to the fields north of the town or any place out of range of the bursting missiles. The natives feared that another assault would be successful, and that the city would be captured, leaving it open to sacking and looting, which prisoners captured by the Government soldiers say the insurgent Generals promised to their men. Shells struck the residence of an American official and the building in which are located the offices of an American commercial company, and also penetrated the dwelling of the British Vice Consul, Albert J. Martin, and the offices of an English banking concern. The occupants of these structures were not injured, though their escape was almost miraculous.
    All the Americans and other foreign residents are safe.
    During the four days' battle, the Government forces had 14 men killed and 125 wounded. The insurgent casualties are estimated at between 400 and 500 men killed or wounded. Several non-combatants. including women and children, lost their lives during the shelling of the city, and some who were injured by the bursting missiles died in the improvised infirmaries.