Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
Madefo and Insurrecto Staff in Full Posses
 sion of the '1mpregnable" City
NAVARRO IS FORCED TO SURRENDER
Barracks Occupied by His Troops Were Being De. molished by Rebel Fire-Captred Federal Soldiers Are Joining Rebel Forces -Madero Says He is Still Ready to Make Peace With Mexican Government.

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 10.-l This little bullet ridden city is tonight the provisional capital of Mexico, and Francisco I. Madero, IT,, provisional president, and his staff have taken possession of it, after winning the b1oodiest battle~ of the Mexican revo- lution.
 General Navarro Prisoner.
 In a corner room of the barracks, in which for two days he held out ags,Inst the fire. of the rebels. General Juan Navarro, the federal commander, is a captive for he surrendered today with almost his entire garrison of 400 men. His face is sunken, his head is bowed. and he does not talk. Bitter defeat has diheartened him.
 Madero -sHIl Ready for Peace.
 In contrast, in another part of the town ,s Francisco I. Madero, Jr.,t the conaueror, surrounded by members of his family and his staff, Joyous and flushed with victory, yet ready, he says, to make peace with the Mexican government if it is diposed to deal frankly and sincerely with the revolu- tionists and without such vague prom ises as President Diaz's manifesto contains
 ScorSs of Wounded.
 In hotel lobbiess store fronts and railways, the impr9vised hospitals of the battlefield, are scores of wounded. attended by numerous physicians and nurses from Fl Paso, who have yolun- teered aid.
 Hotel Floor Covered With Blood.
 The floors of the Porf1rio Diaz hotel, where thirty wounded lay tonight, are covered with blood and gore soaked clothing.
 "The Fortunes of War;
 "rhe fortunes of war" mumbled an insurrecto soldier in Spanish tonight. as he stood with tears in his eyes over the body of federal soldier whom he had known for years. The dead are being buried tonight
 About 65 Dead, 250 Wounded. l A conservative estimate of physicians as well as of insurrecto leaders who surveyed the fighting puts the federal dead as nearly fifty and the rebel lsso at about fifteen, with a. total of nearly 250 wounded on both sides. The actll- stHle dead have been buried quickly. Known. for deserters were many and the dead have been buried quickly.
 Colonel Tamborei Among the Dead.
 The Associated Press correspondent counted seven dead federals in the barracks late today. Among them were Colonel Tambore1 and Captain Sacflu- do. The former was the man who a few days ago taunted the rebels as towards.
 Casualties on American Side of Line.
 On the American side of the line five have been killed and about seventeen wounded, many of them being inno- gently engaged at distance from the river front.
 Navarro Surrendered Yesterday After
 
 The actual surrender of the town by General Navarro took place about l o'clock General Navarro gave his sword to Colonel Garf4oaIdi Of the in etc army after the rebels had enl- tirely surrounded the barracks and threat tened to annihilate the garrison within.
 Rebels Express Sympat for Navar-
 His eyes became dim with tears as he surrendered. but Colonel Garibaldl with a handshake that bespoke his ad- lniratIcn for the gallant resistance the federal IeaIer made, assured him Of the desire of the rebels to afford him every courtesy. Twenty rebel officers rode up and expressed to the federal commander, as Mexicans, their sym pathy for him and his men,
 Blame Diaz for the Carnage.
 1fS same ETdtSl1irtl ASCtfH6 Pd Hiir tonight in tn whole insurrscto army for their countrymen. who have been defeated, but words of opprobEium of President Diaz, whom they hold re- spoTlsible for the loss of life and the suffering of the wounded, are heard on every side
 Precautions to Prevent Loeting.
 Orders were being issued by General Pascual Orozcc all the afternoon to his 1c.fn f1l,I1 n vent footing. The general himself shot at two of his men whom he caught trying to make away with some booty.
 Capture Was Comparatively Easy.
 The town the federals sthouCht inn pregnable fell after comparatively easy effort The house to hsuse ad- vance and the same deadly fire which drove the federals frem their trenches and outposts early Monday when skir- 1ithing begon. gave the rebels who were hardly affected by the federal artillery an entrance to the town At the close of yesterdays fighting the rebels had exclusive control of the place.
 Fought Their Way With Bombs.
 During the night they discovered the federal strongho1ds and by the use of dynamite bombs and shells a con. fagration and fierce rifle fire fought their way to the famous old Spanish church, brown building the high brick fence of which formed a barri- cade for the federals. The insprrectos took the church at midnight. 1he fed erals retired further into the city, to the roof of the municipal building the edges of which were piled with sand bags.
 Started te Demoiish Federal Barracks
 After the assault was renewed early today and the rebels had brought their machine guns within effective range ths fedsrals retired to the barracks and insurrectos by the hundred occu- pied the houses within 100 yards or either side. Their fire was rapidly de nolisTing the building and there wa. no other alternative for General Nav arro but to yield.
 Federal Cavalry Horses Killed. Shrapne1 was being poured into tht crowded baTra Hzs. Many federal cav. airy horses were s-ing killed and onl, a few loopholes i..a which to shoo at the insurrectos pisfced the sides O