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tention to his wounds, he at once COM
menced to organize small detachment OF
soldiers Of 120 men and obtained transpor.
tation necessary for arms, ammunition, and
other equipments. which they found in the
| city, to safer place. All this Vas done in
one night. He reported he could not hold
the town under so great disadvantage,
and was ordered to vacate as soon as he
could do os and save the stores mentioned
above. The detachment of infantry left
with the first carts that were loaded in the
morning of the next day, when the enemy
came down the Conde mountains to occupy
the town. Reyes fired at the advance guard
with his cavalry force. in this way protect
| ing the last carts, with the object of pre-
venting them from falling into the hands of
the enemy. He ordered the other empty
carts at his right to leave over the road of
the Gaudaloupe, Stimulating their protection
| with his force, that was not more than
three or four miles from the whole force of
the enemy of 5000 or 10000 strong, and
finally succeeded in removing and securing
all of the stores, &C., for which. as we have
before stated, he was promoted. This
work showed courage and sincerity indis-
putable and revealed very uncommon sa-
gacity and talent in so young an officer,
which since have been rewarded by his peo-
pie.
ANOTHER BRILLIANT ACT
in the history of Gen. Reyes is that which
took place in Santiago Ixcountta, Septem-
ber 10, 1875, when he was commander of
the gaarisoned force at that town, having
been promoted to Lieut. Colonel He was
noticed for his superiority. How quickly
Col. Isable Gonzales would incorporate his
auxiiaries, who had been sent to organize
forces in the town of Sierra Ixcatan, he did
not know Over 100 men came, pretending
to assist Reyes to quiet the Indians of the
District of Fepic, who had risen against the
Government of the State Reyes had con-
fidence enough in his auxiliary forces, but
after finding their way to the barracks,
where Reyes had his men, before daybreak,
the said Gonzales turned traitor and rebell-
ed against Reyes. Seeing what had taken
place, Reyes, knowing the confusion there
was among his men, at once put few of
his subordinates in the inner rooms of the
barracks and began bloody fight, which
resulted in driving the rebels from the bar
racks, rallied the balance of his men and
pursued the enemy, or rather men under his
own command, completely annihilating
them and gained a complete victory.
In this gallant fight, with his own men,
he was applauded by his superiors and he
was given more men to command, and in
1876, in the State of Zinaloa, Lieut. Col
Reyes, we are told, marched with $50 men
against Gen. Guerra, who thought he was
safe on account of the long distance be-
tween his army and other troops and be-
came careless. but Reyes, like our Stone
wall Jackson, marched 60 miles in one
nd ioht fho
mountains between Badirapnato and Tam
eapa, and through storm which lasted
some hours.
At dawn, arrived at the place where the
ENEMY HAD JUST LEFT,
he followed with precaution in way un-
known to the enemy, and coming up with
the rear guard, and without firing a gun,
divided his force into two divisions, one
commanded by Maj. Hurtado and one by
himself, and thanking, opened fire, and af-
ter severe battle, which was long and
bloody, Tin which the enemy lost nearly a
thousand men and Reyes half his number),
gained a complete victory and captured all
of the enemy that were not killed. For his
gallantry and bravery in this battle he was
promoted to be Colonel. After this action
the fame of Reyes was known not only il
Mexico, as we'll as Texas and the outside
world
FIGHT WITH RAMIREZ.
He was notified in 1880 that General
Ramirez had captured and was now occu-
pying Mazatlan town at a distance of 200
miles from where Reyes was stationed. He
was ordered at once against Ramirez, and
in three days and four nights Reyes had
his army, or regiment rather, constituting
his advanced guard of about so men in
front of the town and began fighting Rami-
rez on the suburbs of the captured city,
and rumors coming to Ramirez that the
whole army of ten thousand men were
against him, he made hasty retreat, and
Reyes entered the town triumphant befo. e
the main army had arrived. In less than
eight days afterwards on
THE FOURTH OF JULY
Col Reyes captured the whole force of Gen.
Ramirez, consisting of q large number of
men, cannon and ammunition. He made
Gen. Ramirez sign hard conditions in the
treaty, obliging them to leave the place,
Calican, without their cannon or arms and
to march over the same route over which
they came. This being hardship with a
Mexican. 1t is generally the custom to
shoot all prisoners, or allow them to chase
the black bean, and to shoot certain num-
Der, 10 out of every so, but Gen. Reyes was
too brave and generous to shoot a captured
prisoner. For this glorious victory Col.
Reyes was rewarded by the general govern
ment by raising him two grades higher in
office, to that of
BRIGADIER GENERAL,
in which office he is now in the SERVICE
During the past few years, the General has
shown many times great military talent at
various places, among which was bringing
about peace out of chaos, in the Leon revo-
luton. When Gen. Marquee de Leon in
Northwestern Mexico and Lower California
attempted to overthrow the general govern
ment and would have caused a great deal
more trouble than he did, had 1T not been
for the great Judgment displayed by Gen.
Reyes. At Sonora, also, few years ago,
Gen. Reyes managed to quiet revolution
without losing man, in very satisfactory
manner, both to the people of the State
and the President of the Republic. Dur
ing his recent
GALLANT ACTS,
might be mentioned the following fact =
During the summer months of last year, a
revolution was brewing in the State of Nu-
evo Leon, under direction of the then Gov
ernor of the State, and President Diaz sent
Reyes with troops to Monterey to look the
matter up. To show how these revolutions
generally occur, it will be well to give
the particulars of this one.
THE REVOLUTION.
Itappears that for several terms past, the
flee of Governor of Nuevo Leon, of which
Monterey is the capital, has been held
by two cousins, viz: Lie. Caunto Garcia
and Gen. CARA Garcia, alternately. The
last named person being at that time Gov.
ernor OF the State, found it expedient to ask
the State Legislature for leave of absence
to go to the City ,of Mexico; and while
Gen. Garcia was gone, Senior Mauro Sepul
vedo. acting Governor pro ten., took it into
his head that his chance had come. and left
to organize force of men in the country
towns of the State. The lower class will
do anything, join any band, especially il
there is low, underhand trick in it, any
chicanery or fraud. So Gov. Sepulvedc
was successful, as far as raising the ar.