The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-28
FEDERAL TROOPS
R0UT MAOER|STS
/ n Pitch ed Battle
Rebels Are Put to
Flight.
is LEFT DEAD
ON THE FIELD
Thousand Men Take Part in En-
gagement Near Chihuahua.
Government Soldiers Fall
Into Ambush Prepared by
Insurrectionists Pur-
suit in Progress.


IIn an engagement near this city to
fday which lasted from o'clock /,
!the morning until in the afternoon
tAo Federal troops routed force o
400 Maderists, driving them repeated
E1y from strong positions and COMPEL
,inS them to take to the wooded noun
t1ains. The revolutionists, lost hfteer
Killed and many wounded There wer,
mo fatalities on the Federal side, bu
several, including three officers. wer,
wounded
General Navarro was IN command o,
Iua at 5 o'clock this morning at tho
mead OF four companies of the Secone
battalion and two squads OF cavalr,
from the Thirteenth Regiment Neal
fresno. twelve, miles out. one of the
squads of cavalry fell behind to guard
ithe road. They were ambushed by the
'fcoels, who opened fire from hills on
both sides OF the road
captain Florentino Gavica, with
nifty troopers. drove the enemy from
itheir positions.
Captain Gavica waited for portion
:3l the the forces WHO had gone forward
nnsurrectionists. Meantime. the latter
TOOK y position on another hill. a
snort distance away, and prepared to
resist an attack.
Within half an hour General Ma
.arro reached the scene with his in.
fantry and opened fire. Again the
rebeis retreated. only to seek new
position. from which they we're again
ldisiodged. They made determined
stand behind stone wall The fring
Was heavy. and here most of the loss
Of life occurred.
Finally. the rebels. broke for the
mountains, pursued by the infantry
Tor three miles. The cavalry did not
Join in the pursuit because of the
rough country
Behind the wall the bodies of hf-
horses
The ,Federals abandoned tho pursuit
70 make camp and care for their
Wounded Several of the most Sc
stously injured were sent here for
treatment.
Artillery and cavalry leave late to-
hisht. II was said. making a detour to
intercept the revolutionists.
Day of TrnnquiIiity.
Laredo. Tex. November e7-Sunday
Vas day of tranquility in Northern
.mesico. according to official adyices
received by General yfllar command
er of the frontier forces of the MeM-
can can. army. Detachmen.s stationed at
dinerent points between Matamoras
i'Ahd Siudad Poriirio Diaz sent dis
1ss pa.ches early tonight. and all were of
MAJ conditions prevailed. Similar
istatements were received from the
hheIails of troops stationed along the
tP5a t;pgader G on the American side of the
slnidnble uprising in the Southern re-
tPnbllc seems to be dissipated
saptain Hagadorn. OF the. United
saIinera. Tex. He confirmed the Asso. o.
hSiated Press dispatch that evidences
Iaes. naa been found at that. town of the
seXpialned that they had disappeared.
Eeither having made their way INTO
MeSleo NJ a or hidden in the brush. The
I nation that his soldiers had come u.a,n
box which had contained a large
amount of ammunition and which bore
Laredo mark.
spany A. of the 'rW:nty-. third Infantry.
stationed at Minera; will be ordered
Spac kto Fort Mcintosh on "Wednesday.
washinEt6nn. RsnnFfs Sosember Aef Rsnlsa. sa-AmDas
fador De La Barra. of Mexico, to-day
received dispatch from his govern
allesed killing of 500 revoiutionists at
Iuebla showed that government forces
i,an1ists c,a1 intrenched che in house Il. that
Peubia showed that government forces
attacked a body of twerS five rsvolu- |
tionists entrenched in house at that
place As result Of the conflict |
injured in both parties. The Mexican
amb assador received another dispatch
declaring that order had been restored |
IN all states. and that conditions now
are normal everywhere.
No Fighting Reported.
Mexico City, November a7.--With the
exception of the fighting at chihuahua.
ships reaching this city up to a late
hour tonight indicate no disturbances
a company Of the Second Cavalry +
and four pieces of artillery arrived
Orizaba for the safeguarding OF that
place and Rio Blanco, where rioting
occurred recently. ~
Ten men. charged with conspiracy
aGalnst the government We're arrest.
trial, - -
saltillo reported the State of coahulla
TRANQUIL. and Monterey ana vicinity
were said to be quiet.
FROM the State of OaNaca. Carlos
Ceres, wealthy plantation owner,
sent 8 G to the Mexican authorities an
offer to furnish $4,000 men from his
estate, armed to assist in putting down
the insurrection, ~