The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-09
GENERAL ALAN|S
JOINS OROzCO IN
FRONT Of JUAR[
Lines Drawn Tighter About
City But no indications
of Early Attack
NAVARRO MARCHING
FROM CHIHUAHUA
/ TO CITY'S SUCCOR
Revolutionists Meet Serious
Reverses in Lower Califor-
MIA Where Gonzales Has
Them on Run


co. which have been invested In Jua~
req Mex, for several days were
Joined to-day by the body Of insure
gents under General Alanis, who haa
been rushing up his reinforcemenfas
az fast as his Jaded horses and mon
could travel.
The insurgent lines about tho citY
are being drawn closer to-day, but
there is no indication that an attack
is expected. Military men profess ID i
believe that Orozco IL waiting to f1r1t Z
General Navarro on the plains befDfa
Juarez. when the latter attempts ID
take his one thousand seasoned vets
Grams into Juarez to succor the garS
rison there,
They believe that if Orozco Il Ablo
TO defeat Navarro. the insurgena
ohieftain will then swing back ana
strike at the beleagured federals IN
the city. From the strategic moves
that Orozco has been making, II n
impossible for military men to -
what he can gain by allowing Nn-
varro to enter Juarex. as the revO.
iutionary junta announced yesterday.
Navarro's mon. lighting behind
earthworks and from the tops az
houses. they say. could stand on flvo
times as many men as Orozco and htn
allies could muster.
Messengers from the insurgent cnnar1
declare Oroxco is greatly elated ~
General Alanis forced marcnes. walch
Joined his troops to those ar Croscos I
Aianis reached Sargossa, twelve mtla1
west Of here. late last night anNs
pitched camp. Early to-day M NJ ec31 n
tinued hfs march and joined ths NAH
body OF the Insurgents about day-s
break. rs
Apparently no one knows tha
whereabouts Of General Blanco III q
hts four hundred revolutionfsts. Men,
beers OF the Junta here profess to b.
heye that he is pushing forward IA II
join forces with Oroxco.
The insurgents are daily recruitin&
large numbers of men. who are eros
ing the Rio Grande from the Un1fod
States. The United States troops 49,
trolling the river are doing their hoG4S
to maintain neutrality, but the ffUtes
tier 10 long and hundreds OF men af0
crossing to join in the ighting.
Twenty-seven revolutionary sympax
thiser1 were caught by cavalry lnak
night as they attempted to cross The
river. They were turned back. hut
are said to have made the croaIzn4
at another point sS
II Navarro. at the head OF one tllosa~
sand seasoned veterans, manages 80
snassse up and, enter uJHaysx, It II ahn4
believed here that the allied inau1S
gent forces will ever venture to -
tack them. with the loyal troopn
| already in the city reinforced "
Nasarros forces nshting behinA
earthworks. Orozc0's unframed HGh&As
Ing behind earthworks. Oroxco'S M
| trained lighters could hardly be De-
Euaded to take Juarex by assault.
Little credence IL given the ruaaGr
that General Navarro has mot N1x&F5
reverses on his way up from ChfhnnS
hua to the relief of the Juarex en1%S
rtson. One report mad It that tHG
| troop train had bean dynamited, whlfSs
the other was that General Blana6N
had attacked and defeated Navaxxs
At Blanco had only three hundred -
| ffty men with him. it IL hardly prOlMI
able he would have tried concluof04
with Navarro's one thousand trntu6ns
men. VI
| If Navarro is marching or nofnG
transported to Juarex from Chihn&s
hna there Is nothing to show II Moth.
ing has been seen or heard Of NJ
below Juarez. The federal telegrap&
lines are down and communications TT
being carried on solely by courle9l.
Navarro II said to have two thOu0~sS
and men for the relief OF JuArea TIT
estimate being based on reports froxS
tChihuahua. indicating how many NG8
had when he left there.
In addition to Blanco's commaH1
Generals Sanchex and Cacfllas, insG4
recto leaders, are thought to be soxl1a&
where south of Jnsrex. either narcANs
ing to reinforce Oroxco or waiting f&s
attack Navarro. Oroxco made -
move towards attacking Juarez - tlSGa
morning advanced. He remafhe 6u4S
camped In the hills west Of Ju1x
land opposite the El Paso ano1k&r. S$
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