The sun., 1910-12-14
REAL BATTLE IN CHIHUAHUA
vENfftN RfBIIS ~ FLIGHT
tFTtR HIsll IOSSbS.
D!ss Troop. arnr Rrbrh fror, Trrnrhc
VITA Garhlr~ Gun, tISht va, NJ
scr-o rris ~ -. i,rah anal :It'
Wrun,.sd tn>urrrrtns aptur- Train.


dlrr- were killed and NJ wounded a. the
re~,Il' of th. FRS; real engagement Of
/ the rebellion near Guerrero This informa-
,,on - contained IN "A despatch II III.
Minister Of War rrom Gen Navarro
III" Gcvrrnmsn; asserts that the rebels
We" completely routed ard that tn.
GoNCrrrpcnt troop viii hav" ht,l" trouble
in continuing tErir march To Guerrero
B In" engagement which wls- he'~.on
go rrhr's ard ;Cn 'rccIs. occurred ,es-
, irrtGv Gen Navarro after resting his
r."n ere night - thu were tired out
~ tn"ir long forced marches. found th-
/, ret 'l- few miles IN front of him lie
. decided 10 attack al once The rebels
w"-. nrr"n'h"'l behind strong earth
worN-, and tn" troops started "a long dis
] tanr" attack with rapid fire guns.
| The rebels soon deCi led to retire to a
second hne Of trenches higher up the
mountains from which position they
were forced tn retire 10y the trrops charg-
ing them under cover of artillery fire
They withdrew To third line OF trenches
hut wer" finally forced to abandon these
also by the hot fire OF the troops
They then fied. leaving their dead on the
field. but C1rryinE on their wounded. II
| IL said they flcd toward Guerrero where
| they hay" taken up a position to give
BATH" again. II IL said the soldiers went
in'n the harti. yelling Long lv" III.
Guv-rum"nr'- and Long Iiv" General
| NAVARRO
! III" report received n: the War Offc.
SAYS IN" rchels ar" well armed with Ma,is-r
rifles asl hav" many good horses. Gen.
Navarro a the opinion tha, the arms
and horses w-r" obtained from ~" sol
dl.rs captured bv the rebels a' PeClernales.
Tn" result Of h. hattl. as given bv the
Government * not believed entirely. par
tlcularly ~ to the number OF men killed.
lt - thought thar II the troops stOrmed
breast v orks as he report states. more
Of them would have been killed or
wounded a. th. r,'h..ls ar. admitted to
bc good shots
The Government continues TO send
~, nrorc-ments north More troops have
l""1 despatched from chihuahua to as
sI,i Gen Navarro II IL said that tn.
cannon under which the troops made
their first attack did good work. com
pler.lv tearing mp the .ntrenchinent of
the rebels. which made easy he entrance
Of N" rFoops and caused the rebels TO
retire - their SECOND position Gen
Navarro saws The troops fought with
great valpr Orders w.r" given TO-DAY
10 promor" immediately all lie. ffic-rs
who ro"k pari IN the battle Honor
rnr ltl- " Iil b- given 70 IN" soldIrr-
A report has just reached M->icO city
that Government tram of infantry and
caralrH travelling to Join Gcn Navarro
IN his march toward Guerrero has b-en
h..ll I,.
va, stopped bv an obstruction ON IN.
iracE The insurgents surrounded the
train and captured m"r.. than iO1 soldiers
Not a shot Wa fired from th. train All
g;n- ammunition. -t.r.- and horses
wsr" taksn from IN" train along with 'ha
soldiers A. The. latter dli not want to
JON th. r,'h,'l- they wer.. released
ln aH interview ~" Mini>,.. - War
s3.rd ." story Wa~ "NGgg rated n"
s.d.!,i f.E hr "NF-.c,.'d ~" r, r,y"lur'"n
would aN ""n.id r. hly longrr. bar - hon
Gu"--, - i csD,Ir.d rh- backhon. ut
~. r.t.iII"n viii i.' broken and ih..r.
would l." hing NOR" ~ f-n- The resi-
would simply /" chasing brndIt- - h"
.Nl"c'"d rh.. bends Il r"vulu'lunls;- not
killed "r captured VOIIld break M INTO
small squads and take + o the mouutrins
H. declared Ih" Government would
g, ptlr- all ~ them Il lt toOk year He
added thlt except III the district around
GD"rr"ro there was NO danger To- any
Foreigners hur IN m. Districts held bv
th-. rebels tn" Government naturally
was Inabi. T." guarantee the -af.'v nf
tn" r"-,d~nt- The whol. country was
now peaceful except thi. small Isolated
district Inside - two weeks r" .x-
p~ct.i that this also would no. -',t-''i-d.
High society IN MEXICO city Will CIV"
4 ulg entertainment in honor 81 ProS!
dent DlaZ uu pecs'nn.r - II = "N-
p.ct"i To- -. IN" biggest .ocIal function
Of he year
r. Pas Dec /. IN tn. first reIi mt
10. i..-w..n the Mexican regular -rno.,.
ard tn" ru-urre' toe w Chihuahua m" IN
eIrrn,ro~ wer" completely defeated and
l"f' at -'f-i sixty killed rn the tGt',"f"ld
according - official -t1t"'reut. uf tn"
No. ican GSov.rnm.n TE-r" w"ra nrny
wounded al-r
The hattl" occurred ~ I"rr" Fri.tn
four leagues south of P"d"rnaI"~ wh-rs
IN" rrhrl- Defeated H." f.'Ci.ral- ~ d
skIrmI-h s"v-ral daE-, ago Confrmi-
iion oi the fight - given r'It ~ fh'huihpa
Mexico clrv and at II Pnsp
The hnfrl" 'rok place On Monday after
noon Passenger IRVING bore rhiS
morning reported that rh"v heard firing
a. tn-'v passed through Pat"rnal"- that
dav and that women and children ~ tho
stre.ts whose fathers and husbands were
with The ir-,lrg-nt army wer" rryIrG and
that rnarv hT.aTie 4 'hs train a. refugee.
This afternoon t"leRTaphic rpn'irma-
,Ion' cam" ~ the natil. Consul Antonio
y I.On"Il of IN" Mexican Government m
Fl PaSo received - despatch giving RI.
Government version NJ IN" fight. Nothing
Wiz said about IN" Federal lo--"l
Gen Navarro wa- IN command nj the
Fedrrals. according to Ihrhuah ahua ad-
vices and m" F"ieral- ar" said 10 have
had 10 fight on "p"n ground. while the
In-urT.-c' ionI-'- took r"'uC" IN tn" foot
hills a-royns and brush Tn" Federals
used na"hin" gums and cannon
| ni~>- IN" Tsbels los" h"arr Mt thor
first defeat and iik" 10 m. mountains
rhI- l. looked uVoD A. merely IN" b. gin.
ming Of u bloody campaign Their" ar"
nj l.,1-t A u .rrp.H q, ,,d