New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-13
Take the Aggressive at
TorreOn and Drive Back
Villas Men.
FEDERAL RECRUITS
ESCAPE OVER LINE
Three Bodies Plan TO Gross BOr-
der. but Only One Eludes the
American Patrol.
La Telesrarh e rh, TrIbun, :

fRv TELEGRAPH n The Tribune
ri Paso. Tex. Feb ~ Federals al Tor
reon. 10 the number Of twelve thousand
have started an aggressive campaign To
drive lex the rebel army Of General
Pancho villa and have won the hrst
battle. according 10 Official dispatches e
ceived At the Mexican consulate here To-
dav.
The dispatches say that the Fedeiais
have driven the rebels from Jimnez.
where villa had planned 10 establish a
base for the Torreon campaign. The fed-
eral commander. General Nelasco. mas
moved his headquarters from Torreon TO
Gomez Palacio and has established out
posts as far north AZ Iiminez.
The reports also say that Federal
command is moving from SaitiHo 10 at
tack Chihuahua and reclaim the state.
Permission was given to-day by General
Villa for Americans in Mexico TO take up
arms against bandits operating in North-
ern and Western Mexico. The permission
amounts virtually 10 q request from villa
that Americans aid the rebel troops IN
running down the bandits. and the reoei
chief says that ne will uphold the Amer-
cans should they kill the bandits
To destroy eoel communication VAIN
Juarez and cut Of villa in the 'boroer
city. 25s armed Mexican Federal synpa-
fhizers are moving into the interior OF
Eastern Mexico The expedition is one OF
three which had planned TO enter Mexico
last night at three different places.
one OF the expeditions was headed on
by American troops near Ysleta. Tex
and 4 second was scared away from the
border by knowledge that the plot had
been discovered. but the third, comprising
nearly 800 men. succeeded in getting into
Mexico from yslets.
That twenty-seven Of an armed party OF
Mexicans who tried 20 cross the border at
Ysleta were captured and killed by rebel
soldiers this morning Is the report mace
10 rebel headquarters in Juarez. Apprlseo
OF the plot 10 send oIped itions over the
line. General villa had sent bodies OF cav
airy VI and down the border TO Illustrate
the effort Acting on information gwen
earlier, American troops from Fort Bliss
had been sent to Ysleta during the night
and had seized 225 horses. which the in
yading party was preparing 10 use on the
expedition.
The men. With the exception Of three,
escared and twenty-seven Of them, it is
claimed. crossed the border before the ar
rival Of the American troops. These. il is
asserted, we're pursued by rebels, over
taken. and shot down where they were
found.
Eleven men who az. said TO have been
members OF the invading force have been
captured and are in Jail IN Jusrez. Among
them is Jose Marie Martinez. 2 cousin OF
the Federal general Pascual Orozco.
The 25s men who got across the river
AT Ysleta are said 10 have been recruited
and led by Sylvester and Rodeo Que
vedos, Federal officers, formerly at the
mead Of troops at Casas Grandes
81 Tclegrs ph 10 The Tribune.
Juarez. Mexico, Feb. 12.-Advices from
En1palnc received to-day say that 200
Federal soldiers in the outskirts OF En-
paIme mutinied on Monday. killed the
colonel and three other officers and vent
over in a body TO the rebel forces. The
mutiny, the dispatch says. preceded bat
tic at Empalne in which General Pedro
Oiida and 4 force OF several thousand
Foderals were defeated after three hours
Of fighting and were driven back into
Guaymas. from which city they had
moved TO attack the rebel position at
Empalrhe
Adyiccs from EmDalme say the Federais
continue TO hold Guaymas. but the posi-
ton is growing more desperate daily.
The city is completely cut of from land
communication with the rest OF Mexico.
and the only chance the Federal garrison
or the people OF the city have 10 set
food or supplies OF any kind is by water
On receipt tonight Of dispatch an
nouuclng the arrival OF 4 command OF
Federals At Samalayuca. seyenty-three
miles southeast OF Juarez. General Villa
sent General L. \. Benavidcs with 90
men on a special train south. Two hun
dred OF the men will be left at Samala-
vuca 10 attack the Federals. said TO num-
nor about fifty. The Federals are sup
posed 10 be trying TO destroy the railroad.
Bodies Of three OF the victims OF the
tunnel disaster at CUmbre arrived IN