The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-20
REBELS ON FORCED
MARCH TO TAMP|CO
Gonzales Expects to Throw Be-
tween 5000 and 5000 Men
Against City in Night Attack.
BLOODY BATTLE AT VICTORIA
Fighting Lasts Sixty Hours, and
Federal Loss Reported to
Be About 800 Men.
Especial to The rimes-pispatch.l

lSpeCiaI 10 Inc IlmCS-D lSpatCn.I
brownsville, Texas November 10
General Pablo Gonzales is tonight
making a forced march to Tampico.
after having captured and pillagcd
Ciudad Victoria. capital of the state
OF Tamaulipas, in what the rebel lead
/ er terms THE bloodiest battle OF tho
revolution
Gonzales is less than 100 miles from
Tarnpico tonight, and sometime to-
morrow expects to Join the rebel forces
wording North OF Tuxpan, and to throw
between c,000 and 5000 men against
Tampico In Il night attack. This har
Dor is VOL fortified. md control or
these Notifications would enable tho
rebels to stand off the threo Mexican
sunboats operating along tho coast
The first detailed report Of tho cap
ture OF Victoria reached here to-day
after tho telegraph limo between Vic
toria and Matamorns. lust across the
border from here. had been repaired
The battle lasted sixty hours. and
tho Federals arc reported 10 have lost
nearly 800 men. including n number
executed after Gonzales entered tho
city. The rebel loss IS said to have
been small, but five men are reported
KILLED. additional details bear out the
first report from General Gonzales that
the battle was tho bloodest of the
revolution.
Gave no Quarter.
Tho men under Gonzales, who Is n
former cattle nlan. were cowboys.
hcrders and Mexican bad men. IN their
attack on tho city they asked for no
quarter and gave none. 1t ia believed
that more than 800 or tho Federal
garrison managed 10 escape during
the early morning yesterday. About
$50 men were left TO hold the city
until tho others made good their es-
cape. md those remaining behind oH-
pccted TO save their lives through
surrondcring 10 Gonzales.
AT o'clock yesterday the officer left
in command OF the Federal force. took
an altar cloth from the church in
which his men were barricaded. and.
using this as Il flag OF truce, rode to
tho outskirts of The city. which tho
rebels had already taken. Gonzales
immediately informed the officer thut
he did not wish to take any prisoners.
as have other plans and do not wish
10 DO burdened with prisoners"
The Federal officer returned 70 tho
church. and the final skirmish began.
Within n short time the Federals were
driven from the church and scattered
about the city \ few OF them are snid
to have escaped. but it is believed
nearly all were killed in the attack or
were executed later one report said
that there are not more than 500 Fed
eral survivors, and that these arc scat
tered among tho hills. Several OF the
important buildings in tho city have
been burned, and tho reports arc CON
Trajectory rs TO whether this was done
by the rctreatinE Federals or by tho
machine gun fire of tho rebels 1t Is
known that tho I'ceerals destroyed n
large quantity OF ammunition before
the city fell.
Streets Uttered With Dend.
Tho streets were Uttered with dead
to-day. ard Gonzales and his men
marched from the city without buryinc
any or those killed in the battle The
city has been cut off from all COM
munication for three days. and famine
and pcstllcnce are threatened
The Federal garrison was command
ed by Generals Rabago. Arza,nendi ana
Aguilar. ii was reported that the two
Former escaped, Willie the latter is saia
10 nave been executed after he was
found hiding in the church.
General Gonzales reported to General
Nenustiano Cnrranza that Ito captured
four cannon, large number of rifles
ana a quantity Of ammunition, together
with 300 horses and saddles He also
SAID the salvage OF provisions and
clothing WAS considerable