The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-12
HIS ADVANCE GUARD is DRIVEN
BACK TOWARDS
coNEJoS.
Emilio Gomez, Provisional Governor
Of Juarez, Has Disappeared-Siips
Out of City and Is Thought to Be
Enroute to San Antonio.

rebels have been driven back toward
Escalon, the central base cf the in
surrectos in northern Mexico. Instead
of being on the defense, the govern
ment troops have within the last "a
hours pushed the attack vigorously,
forcing the rebels northward nearly
twenty miles to Conejos, about 200
miles south of Chihuahua.
Peronal and other towns occupied
by the liberal forces within th4 wee&
were evacuated to the federals.
The facts became known at
o'clock this morning when a telegra-
phic interview was arranged between
General Joaquin Tellez, at the staff
headquarters of the federal troops
north of Bermejillo, and Associated
Press representative here.
General Huerta Advances.
1t was learned that since early
yesterday when communication was
established with the headquarters of
General Victoriano Huerta, the fede-
raj commander-in-ch chief, the latter
had advanced nearly thirty miles.
Huerta at daybreak today was near
Peronal, and his outposts were pitch
ed northward toward Conejo. Bring
ing up the rear are the forces of@Gen-
eral Rabago, while off toward the
northwest, near Sierra Mojada, Cen
eral Trucu Aubuert, with 1000 men,
threatens to come due east to Esca-
lon to flank the main body of the
insurrectos under Orozco. The fede-
raj forces now number nearly 10000
men, and latest estimates give Oroz-
co several thousand fighters
With reserves it is estimated that
altogether about $4,000 men are spread
over the barren plains of desert sand
within a radius of seventy-five miles.
The moon Illuminated the region
most of the night, and the government
troops crept cautiously north.
Shortage of water and food and gen.
eral unsanitary conditions are hav-
ing effect on both armies. Fever
among the soldiers is prevalent.
Rebels Driven Back.
Maneuvers of the last twenty-four
hours indicate that General Salazar,
the rebel officer next in command of
Orozco, was driven back and closely
pushed by General Aubuert all the
way from Cuatro Cienegas to Sierra
Mojada.
Salazar fed back to Orozco's base
at Escalon, and it was reported at
the federal camp that he was wound
ed
General Huerta reached the front
last night near Peronal, but his camp
could not be reached by wire. General
Tellez was last in touch with him at
midnight.
General TeIez's Report.
THE enemy is exhausted. and hun
gry,'' said General Teller over the
wire from his camp early today. He
intended first to get behind US, going
east to Cuatro Cienegas, but the op-
perfume arrival of General Trucu Au-
buert intercepted him, causing loss
of more than 100 dead. He was rout-
ed shamefully, and still are being pur-
sued.
"The enemy likewise was beaten at
Zaragoza and Lasullo on the same
day. We found many of the dead and
wounded as we advanced today. He
left behind him many horses, and in
his flight abandoned much ammuni-
tion. We lost about ten or twelve
killed and few wounded. Our inten-
ton is to press northward. Our troops
are full of spirit and their equipment
could not be better.
1--WE have twenty-five pieces of ar
tillery besides many machine guns
and ammunition that would last for
months"
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