Bisbee daily review., 1914-09-30
WAITS COMING IF
 MAYTORENA
Forces In City State Iaqui Are Twelve Miles AWay-Report Is Not 0fficial-NogaleS States
 Maytorena Is Watching South
First Story Of Maytorena's Side Of Battle Thursday-CalleS Is
 In NaCo But Business Is Not DiSCloSed-TrencheS All Done

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 DiSCloSed-TrencheS All Done
 Unofficial reports coming from the Mexican side of the line and very current among the Gil forces last evening at 9:3O. stated that the Va qui forces under Maytorena are but short distance beyond the borders Of the city. The foremost men Of the advancing troops. say the reports. are twelve miles from the city. The main body in the neighborhood of | .OO0 strong. is three miles in the rear of the advance guard, or fifteen miles out of Naco They are advancing at a good rate. state the soldiers of the defense. and will be on the edge of The city by morning if they keep up their present rate of march.
 Confirmation of these reports could not be had from the commander, Gen. eral Benjamin Gil. or from any of his commissioned officers. They were un- communicative on the subject, and re- trained from stating either if they had located the Maytorena forces or if they expect an attack immediately.
 However. in the light of the recent developments it is highly probable that the reports coming from the sol diers are true The fact that the May torena force has not arrived in Can anea, and that only a small party of his men approached the city Sunday evening and immediately retraced would lead to the belief that the Gen. eral has been moving in another di- rection than along the railroad Fur ther, the fears of the Agua Prieta gar risOn, that the Maytorena forces would advance against that city prior to making their attack on Naco. have been dispelled since the return of scouts who have been forty miles from the city in an effort to locate the Yaquis. Unless Maytorena has en- camped near the scene of the battle Thursday. there is fair ground for believing that his forces are not many miles from the border city.
 However, there is also good founda- ton for the belief that the Maytorr ena forces are inactive at Santa Bar bara. Nogales, the Maytorena head quarters. yesterday received news from the commander that his forces had been partially depleted He stat ed that he had been forced 70 send 500 Of the men in his command to the south where they will engage a band of Carranzistas of approximate ly the same size. and that he would await the returns from that engage ment before advancing against Naco.
 Al Nogales this word is taken to mean that Maytorena will play the "watehful waiting game until he knows definitely whether he will be attacked from the south. In the event he is attacked from the south it is expected he will return with his men to Nogales. where be will make his defense. If the attack does not come from the south it is said at Nogales. Maytorena will proceed immediately against General Gil, at Naco.
 The first report of the battle Thurs day from the Maytorena forces giV. ing their side of the fight, also came here yesterday from Nogales The re. port was issued by an eye witness of the battle, and one of the Maytorena force. He states of the battle:
 "The battle was one of the hercest and most hotly contested that has ever occurred in northern Mexico The teller of the story arrived al Maytorena's camp Thursday night Every one had gone to sleep and there was only a guard on duty There was not a sign of the enemy but on Friday morning, while the troops were at breakfast. Francisco Cepeda arrived hurriedly with the demand that he be given 200 cav airy. He had hardly left the camI when the battle commenced. Colone Urbalejo's men occupied the righ and left wings; Colonel Acosta, witl force of artillery held the center The Carranzistas were we'll fortified i'm the hilly country about Divisa deros and Paredes, awaiting attack The Carranzista forces consisted O about 900 Infantry in the lead, witi 800 cavalry bringing up in the rear Urbalejo's men advanced in the fae' of a strong fire, penetrated the in