New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
MEXICAN REBELS ROUT
FEDERALS At JN|NEZ
General Gonzalez SaIaS Blows
His Brains Out While Re-
treating After Defeat.
VANQUISHED PANICSTRICKEN
Orozco, with His Victorious
Army, Pursues Enemy Toward
Torreon-Honors of War
for His Prisoners.

Mexico city. March 25-Apparently
trustworthy messages received by "El
impartial" report a federal rout at Jim
inez. General Gonzalez Salas the fed
cral commander is reported TO have
committed suicide.
Gonzales Salas, who resigned as Min
lister Of War 10 take active charge Of
the campaign against Orozco, killed him
self at Ecrjcmillo by shooting himself
through the head while with a part Of
his army ne was rctrcating TO Torreon
after the reverse At Corraitos, twenty
miles south II Jiminez.
General Victoriano Huerta, formerly
ln command Of Federal forces I'm More
los has been named to succeed him.
The latter left here tonight with two
thousand men.
The suicide Of General Salas was at
'~ihutcd To chagrin over the failure Of
his first engagement While Minister
of War he had been subjected 20 vicious
attacks by a hostile press, and his re-
tircmcnt from the Cabinet to take COM
mand " the campaign was an effort to
r,habilitate himself in public favor
General Banquet was shot in the leg
and Major Nicholas Martinez. chief Of
staff. was killed General Tellez was
wounded. Some other officers were killed
and fifty officers captured and taken to
chihuahua. together with many privates.
Oro2co. with 1914 carloads of rebel SOL
dlcrs. is reported moving toward Tor
reon. All federal troops are said to have
already retreated to that point.
The federal fight toward Torreon be-
gan on Sunday afternoon. according TO
to-nighrs telegram 20 "El impartial
and General Pascual Orozco with his
victorious army Is said to be close on
the heels Of the retreating federals.
There seems to be little doubt Of the
correctness Of the main points Of "El
ImparciaIs" telegram, which has been
corroboratcd by messages received by
National Aailway officials to-day. The
information of "El lmrarCiar' was in
tcrrupted by the government censorship.
but it's main substance reached the Of
flee Of the paper.
The report TO "El Imparclal' Is sub
stantlally as follows:
The rebel victory came after four
days Of almost continuous fghtlhg' III
which the early advantage seemed 10
be with the government army.
The fcdcrals pressed forward through
compelled them to abandon the town OF
Escalon. where the first serious resist
ancc was offered on Saturday the rep-
els fell back toward Corralitos, which
WAS selected as the field Of battle.
Under General Campo, eight hundred
rovolutiouists were sent ny circultous
route some miles south from Corralitos'
with instructions to fall in behind the
troon trains of the federal army, which
were bringing up reInforcements. In the
mean while, locomotive loaded with
dynamite was prepared in the rebel
camp. \ volunteer engineer piloted the
Iocomoti,c out of tCWn, and when a
federal troop train approached the en-
CINE was started with an open throttle
inp engineer jumping w 0dlt'S'
"In the explosion, caused by the col
Usiou of the locomotives, eighty federal
soldiers were killed. The move threw
the federal army into panic. BY this
time ,ampa's deployiug party had closed
IN bohind the main federal forces, and
the real attack Of the revolutionaries
began.
Under cover of the night the federals
rotrea;ad. and at daybreak the revou-
tionists found their enemy had dlsap-
reared.
Prisoners at Chihuahua.
by special instructions of General
ornzco the prisoners sent north were re-
,eiyed with all honors of war at Chi
huahua. their wounds being given atten-
tion and the soldiers fed and treated
with respect. The number of privates
copuIred is not given Nicholas Mar
tinoz chief of staff of General Salas, is
r,norted 10 be among those killed
"FederaIs are said 10 be pouring into
Torrcon exhausted and paniCstriCken by
tbeir complete defeat. For days they
had been advancing under the discOm-
forts of heat and short rations. and are
said 10 have Teen in poor condition for
the battle"
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