The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-25
SlonaI O1sreuardcd,
REAL FIGH ling
STARTS IN MEXICO

Chihuahua, Dec 24.-The new gov
ernment forces In this district are
made up of 600 men under General
Navarro at Pedernalles and vicinity
and 700 men at San Antonio. made up
OF $50 men who were unInjured in the
Nal PnSo ambuScade and $40 rein.
forcements, and 1000 who arrived
here last night and today. The lat
ter include battery of artillery made
up OF two ligh mortars for firing over
hills. 1wo Hitchtiss guns and two rap
id flrers.
twenty-five passenger coaches crc
now on the trains of the Mexico e
Northwestern railroad to forward tho
reinforcements. Today was spent in
loading food on the cars and in max
ing other preparations for the CAM
palSn. These troops win go first TO
san Antonio, making a new force OF
Z'ooO led by the best officers in Mex
leo. 1t is their program to take Nal
Paso, the present rebel stronghold.
lhis once taken, a junction will be
formed with Navarro and the troops
which have come overland from So.
nora
All this will entail serious fighting.
but there is no foreigner here now
viewing affairs impartIally who pre-.
tends belief that the federals Will
not triumph eventually. The insur.
rectoS left their one chance of Great
lnS nationwide revolt when they
Jailed to crush Navarro at Cerro Prize
TO- AL that time they did not have
thelr forces concentrated and Nayar.
10 neld his own. He Is now stric1ly
on the defensive at Pedernalles. Whilo
ne Is under orders not to take the
offensive, he is Il defensive Dosition
winch the insurrectos cannot attack
without disaster. His job is to sit
uSht and allow the reinforcements.
now numbering treble his own force
10 continue the campaign, Navorro's
original force was, it has now been
snown. scarcely more than a police
iorce, which 4 misguided government
considered sufficient.
DlaX is now heading the armv
The Associated Press representa-.
tive brings word that In the fighting
around PedemalleS and the west on.
trance TO Nal Paso the inslrrectos
were much Inferior In numbers. but
at Nal Paso ;hey were superior in
position
1t VIII he two weeks ago Sunday
tndt Navarro met the insurrecto.s ar
Cerro Prleto and fought a drawn hat.
tie. o'''
he remained there until the follow.
ing thursday when he was ordered To
clear Mai Paso of rebels TO make way
LOT prospective troop train. With his
entire force he left Cerro Prleto and
marched with every Semblance of
making an attack on the well.posted
reSolutloniSts. toward Rancho Santa
so. The insurrectos opened fire bui
their shots fell short. Navarro then
ordered a double-quick and shot Off !,
Il tangent towards Pedernalles iour
miles north.
For miles he was protected by hills
Out when the hills were passed, Ma.
Sarro used shells on his pursuers who 4,
were already running parallel an1
somewhat behind. and kept them OF
There was no loss of life and Nav
AFRO occupied the shelter OF the adobe
houses OF the town.
The next day, Friday, Navarro occu.
pied the railroad station where he now |
has headquarters and at the same time |
sent a detachment of AS troops 10 |
take Nal PaSo. These went astrav |
and they naturally found none of rho !
enemy.
This accounts for Navarro's off.
cial report that he had taken the mass
He though he had. Meanwhile the
federal force at Pedernalles was at
tackled but was repulsed. Navarro
lost In this engagement about twelvo
lead, Including two officers. and about
70 wounded The insurrectos Iost
.wenty-one killed and about 40 wound.
I'd The latter were checked in their
charge in an arroyo where thev sus-
aimed most OF their losses.
SIX OF them remained at their nost
lEtll all were killed. During the fight.
ng of Thursday and Friday. the shells
IF the fedorals did no damage. Tho
-eyolutlonists In time began 10 tro,t
hem with contempt The Mausers
we're the effective weapons used nv
he national troops. The shrnpnel
iSed. instead OF scattering as dc.
signed to do. through some defec,
Ipouted like fountains One OF tho
hells burst within twenty feet of
detachment without doing any damage
Word from Nayarro's campI states
hat the general grew lncensed nj the
allure of the gunnery and arrested tho
TN captain.
The lnSurrecto detachment which
hot up the troop train at the eastern
ntrance to Nal Paso numbered about
tx hundred men The ambuscade
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