The Falls City tribune., 1911-05-12
Third Day Of Battle Brings Victory
to InSufrectoS.
HOLD AMERICAN BORDER NOW
The Revolutionists Have Captured
Machine Guns, Artillery, Ammu-
milton and Supplies to Equip
Their Army.

lean instruction now has something
besides a slice of the desert for a seat
of government.
Francisco l.. Madero, provisional
president, was the last insurrecto to
enter the town but, he made up for
the belated morsel of triumph by do
ing it in an automobile which had a
vivid holiday aspect with its decora-
tons of the Mexican tri-color.
1t vas a difficult and perilous thing
to be achieved and some very clever
military strategists said they would
fail, but none of these predictions
reckoned upon the fighting ability of
the rebels and the exceedingly luke
warm attitude of the federals towards
the task of holding the town.
When the final attack began the
rebels had everything in Juarez but
the Quartet, the city hall various 9TH
er buildings of military advantage
near the municipal and the great
cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
which looked down from its 800 years
of more or less. pious and troublous
memories upon former worshipers
ready to Stay each other. 1t was
around this noble structure that the
battle was fiercest. There the fed
curses, held their ground unmoved
for three hours while the battle kept
moving in smaller and still smaller
circles upon them.
But at noon even the inspiration OF
Our Lady of Guadalupe ceased to be
an active principle and the federals,
with a last defiant volley, followed
with sundry yells denoting fear,
evacuated the cathedral; they rushed
to the Quartet, a thick walled quad
rangle, and here they were all massed
under the personal command of Gen.
Juan j. Navarro, commandant Of
Juarez. BY l o'clock in the afternoon
most of the rebels had found their
way to the Quartet by an instinct of
battle which drew them through the
crooked streets of the town from
sundry and widely separated points,
and for the next % minutes the fire OF
the rebels was directed tgainst the
adobe walls of the Quartet. 1t did
not take long for this o~nslaughter,
which profted immensely by the par
ticipation of two cannon, to bring con
viction of defeat to the timorous
leaning OF the federals and Gen. Ma
varro after a brief consultation with
his staff gave the word to run up
the white flag.
Gen. Benjamin Viljoen, military ad-
wiser to Madero, reached Navarro
first. The federal commander, who
had been somewhat contemptuous OF
the insurrectos prowess, yielded his
sword with avidity Notwithstanding
the formerly held opinion. 1t was
accepted by Gen. Viljoen and passed
along to Col. Garibaldi, the actual
military commander of the successful
assault.
1t took less than an hour for the
rebels to perfect their occupation and
it was within this time that they had
the federal prisoners marching from
the Quartet or barracks, to the Jail.
This was a remarkable sight and
gave a picturesque climax to the vic
tory. There were probably 500 sol
diers in the line that came swinging
into the street that runs along the
market, in front of the city hall and
turns, after Hanking the plaza, into
the street where the Jail stands.
Hundreds of residents of the town
were grouped with insurrecto sol
diers not on duty, at points of
vantage along the way as the prison
ers marched along and there was
nothing to it but a continuous cry OF
viva MaderO."
The capture of Juarez becomes not
only the most l~ustrous victory of the
insurrectos and the greatest battle OF
the rebellion, but in addition gives
to the anti-government forces the
most important strategic point and
greatest port of entry on the border
The capitulation of Juarez in fact
gives to the rebels complete control
of the border, not an important port
of entry is missing. From this time
forward a far more ambitious mill
tary program can be carried out than
was possible hitherto, indeed, the adj
vance on Mexico is no longer the
dream of the visionary and it is this
which now apparently menaces the
government of Diaz.
The insurrectos captured consider
able stores of provisions, field and ma
chine guns, rifles and ammunition.
Rebel soldiers could be seen every
where loaded down with the arms OF
the vanquished.