Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-27
Escaped Prisoners
Praise Gen. CaraveO.

Icf Paso. Tex, Nov. 26.-Seven hun
dred Federal prisoners arrived, early
this morning. on a special train from
TERRA Blanca. Most of them are prl-
vates. said to have been deserted on
the field by their officers, All the
hospitals in Juarez are crowded ana
reports of hospital trains coming III
from the front indicate 1000 wounded
VIII have arrived by tonight. CON
stitutionalist officers both on the bat
tlefield and in Juarez. last night
praised the work of General CaraXeo,
tile last federal commander, to with
draw from the battle south of Juarez.
Despite the fact that General Cara
yeo's army was greatly outnumoefeo'
he kept up an ineessant fire at the
rebels on their right wing twest OF
Juarez) and tried repeated charges III
the hope of bending the line. AT
o'clock, Tuesday night he still wa9
hammering away at the rebel en-
trenchments, but ceased his attempts
To cut the line an hour later.
General Jose Ynes Salazar was
again reported captured and authentic
reports from the military barracks in
Juarez were that detachment of reb-
els from the east wing were bringing
the Federal general TO the city.
General Villa said, last night. in
message to Colonel Juan Medina. that
he was taking no chances and would
not leave the field south of Juarez
clear for a renewed attack or feInt on
the part of the Federals.
There was some doubt in the
minds of many in Juarez and FL Paso
as to the reason for the sudden with
drawal and retreat of the defeated
Federals. Some believe that they
were out of ammunition and could not
resist another concerted attack by
the aggressive rebels, while others as
sert that the Federal generals feared
an attack from the rear by. Genera,
Manuel Ghao. who was reported
within so miles of JuareZ. coming
from the west of Chihuahua.
General Villa is the only original
Ccnstitutionalist in the state OF chi
huahua having fought for the primer
pies of Francisco l. Madero since the
beginning of the Madero uprising in
1910. Villa constantly has fought un-
der the Madero flag. Nearly all OIL
the Federal generals whom Villa de-
feated in the struggle at Terra biaii-
ca and surrounding country nave az
various times fought under the 'on-
stitutionalists' flag. but have desert
ed the cause and cast their lot with
the Huertistas.
Tn the triumph of Villa yesterday,
there was a. victory for the Constitu-
tionalists. Carranzistas and Maderls-
tas. Villa prefers the name Maaerlsla
to that of Constitutionalist. II also
gives the Constitutionalists apsoihle
control over the state of Ghinuahua.
The last shot fired at bahehe, ias'
night. marked the close of tne bisgest
and most stubbernly fought battle that
had been recorded in the northern Ameri-
cs..i;ifss11t. since .te close OF the eisii
War There We're more men ehsaseai
the line of battle extended farther, aho
more dead are reported in the battle OF
Tierra Blanca than in any other batfle
in the history of Mexico.
That the Federals will not make an at
tempt to reorganize their disabled forces
is generally believed in Juarez- Ihey
have been cut off from the United States
border on the north and from the rest
of Mexico on the south. Rebels control
nearly every city of Importance in the
state of Chihuahua and the state capital
is an, isolated spot on the map of Mex
ice. 1t is impossible for the Federals to
obtain assistance or supplies from the
south on account of many rebel COM
mands surrounding the city.
AS Villa controls the northern portion
OF the state those Federals in chihua-
hua city under Governor-General Merca-
do viii be forced either to surrender OF
to starye. They are said to be destitute
of ammunition.