Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-06
REBELS AFTER
RETIRE AT join
L00T|NG BANDS
Defeat of Orozco's Forces av
Chihuahua Ends Organ
lied Revolution, but Guer-
rlla Warfare is Begun.

Casas Grandes. Mex, July 5.-Reb.
els under General Salazar. command.
Ing the vanguard OF the insurrecto
army, have begun to terrorize this
region. Tension among the American
and foreign residents was increased
today with the Imprisonment OF G. e.
Hollingsworth, manager Of the gener-
al store OF Kettleson and Degetau
here. when he refused to give the
rebels supplies. They looted the store.
Guerilla Warfare Planned.
Ell Paso, Tex. July 5.-Organized
revolution In Mexico, insofar as II
simulated military campaign OF con.
centrated forces was by today's move
Ment OF the rebel army shown to have
ended and In it's place there was sub.
stitued a guerilla warfare, threatening
widespread devastion in northwestern
Mexico.
Five troop trains bore the retreating
insurrectos from the vicinity OF chi.
huahua City to Juarez opposite here
and before the day was over 1t was
expected most of the rebels would be
sent southwest from Juarez, a distance
or seventy-flye miles to Casas Grandes
from which point 1t was intended to
effect an entrance to the rich mining
state of Sonora
Having abandoned Chihuahua to the
federals the rebels destroyed all the
bridges beWteen Bachimba, where the
last battle occurred and Sauez, thirty
miles north of Chihuahua the small
| atQfjNn OF uyhi hio,
now are gathered. The evacuation OF
Chihuahua means that the zone OF
rebel control will be greatly diminish.
ed, Juarez being the only important
point that remains ssss
General Orzoco, the rebel chief,
spent the night at Suaez, but was ex-
pected IN Juarez today to direct the.
movements of various bands into
which the rebel army 4 is now .disin-
tegrating. Juarez at present is the
rebel capital, their books and arch
ives having been sent there within the
last three days.
Plan vexatIous Guerrilla Warfare.
Though the invasion OF Sonora
means guerrilla campaign in the
mountains, the rebels, most Of them
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equal to 1t. The revolution In that
form, they say, will prove more vcx.
atious to the government than an
an ordinary campaign To check the
rebel invasion Of Sonora the Mexican
government is moving forces from
Aqua Prieta and western Sonora.
Fully four thousand men are believed
to be under way to intercept the
rebels.
General Sanjanez left Aqua Prieta
today for Frontera, Sonora, to take
command Of the main column and
while the forces of General Sanjinez
are engaging the rebels on the state
line between Sonora and Chihuahua
the army of General Huerta is to
move up from the city of Chihuahua
along the Mexican northwestern rail-
road toward Cases Grandes and at.
tack the rebels from the rear.
The next battle If any occurs should
be at Casas Grandes At Juarez there
is little likelihood Of fight as the
rebels plan to withdraw most of their
forces toward Sonora.
Reports early were to the effect
that no federals had as yet entered
the city Of Chihuahua, though de.
tachment Of cavalry under General
Rabago was said to be nearly there.
Forty Miles Of Railroad Destroyed.
At General Huertas Headquarters,
Bachimba, Mex, July 5.-A brief re-
sistence Of the rebels which preceded
their retreat caused comparatively lit
tie loss OF life but the destruction OF
the railroad for forty miles to Chi.
huahua is 80 extensive as to prevent
the arrival of the main federal columns
at the former rebel capitol for at least
three days.