El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-12
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MI rounded and retreat by the Car
4 rama forces to Laredo is cut
/ off, according to Villa advices received
| here Tuesday These advices state that
a strong column was sent north by
Gen. Felipe Angeles shortly after the
capture OF Saltillo and thaE this force
! has succeeded in capturing Salinas,
/ town located about three stations
north of Monterey. Laredo dispatches
have previously. confirmed the report
! that Victoria, state Of Tamaulipas, on
the Monterey-Tampice' line, has been
/ captured. The only line Of retreat now
open is to Matamoras, provided this
line also has not been cut.
CarrnnEa Garrison Heavy.
vilIistas here express the opinion
that the SaltillO-Monterey battle is by
FAR the most important of the entire
campaign against Carranza- Accord
ing to CarranZa figures, Gems. Maclo-
VIC Herrera and Villareal have 10000
men, exclusive of the Monterey gar
, rson. which was reported to number
about 5000. Thus the entire northern
Carranza army, together with an enor-
nous amount Of military equipment, is
cut off from any assistance from the
south and has already been twice de-
cisively defeated-at SaltillO and RAJ
mos Arizpe
The Tampico campaign viii not be
started in earnest until the Carrancis-
las III AllE 4lOnAtItA u45LA ALls nave DCGM
disposed of, Villa agents here say. II
4 is stated that Gen. Cerrera Torres will
be given complete charge Of the cam
paign against the seaport, unless Gen.
Villa takes charge, and that he viii
receive strong reinfOrcements from the
Angeles brigade as soon as the troops
can be spared from the Monterey cam
paign. The Carrancistas have the gun
boats Zaragosa and the Progresso
available for the defence Of Tampico.
The former is already at Tampico,
while the latter is in Veracruz waters.
Big Victory in COahuiIa.
Details Of fighting about SaltillO,
capital of Coahuila state, were re-
ceived here last night in q message
sent the Associated Press personally by
Gen. Villa from Chihuahua city, where
he arrived yesterday after his inter-
view here with Gen. Scott. Gen. Villa
said:
1T was communicated to me today
that in the battle near Saltillo with
the Carranza enemy that their defeat
was tremendous. and that the cam
paign in Coahuila practically was end
ed Among the various elements Of
war which were captured from the
enemy were IA military trains with
ample provisions, various millions Of
cartridges and much artillery ammuni-
ton. Francisco Villa"
MaytOrena Signs Agreement.
Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff
Of the United States army, successfully
concluded negotiations last night at
Naco for peace along the Arizona Dor
der Both governor MaytOrena, the
Nillista commander and Col. P Elias
Gales, commanding the Carranza
troops in NacO, Sonora, signed the
agreement eliminating fractional war
fare along the Sonora border, closing
T. port of Naco and otherwise lessen
ing the chance for a repetition of the
siege of Naco with its accompanying
stray fire across the line.
The revision Of the agreement pre-
viously signed by Col Gales and his
Immediate predecessor, Gen Hill, was
again signed by Col Gales and then
was sent to governor MaytOrena at his
camp seven miles southeast of Naco.
1t was returned to Cen Scott late last
night. Today Gen. Scott leaves for
Washington after % days spent on the
border negotiating with the factiOnal
leaders.
Monterey Threatened.
News from Monterey by way OF
Laredo, is to the effect that the Car
rama troops are still holding that city
but the Villa people claim to be near,
ready to attack the last Carranza
stronghold in northern Mexico in
few hours.
Returning from his defeat at Ramos
Arizpe and SaItillo, Gen. Maclovio Her
rera, the Carranza commander, re-
turned to Monterey yesterday. When
Herrera's troops approached Monterey.
the citizens mistook them for Villa
troops, and for a while pandemonium
reigned. Banks and business estaD-
lishments generally were closed, tele-
graph operators deserted their offices,
and there was a general flight from
the city.
Panic Is stemmed.
Gen. Herrera hurriedly sent out
scouts who informed the populace that
no Villa troops were in sight and con-
ditions are approaching normal again
Reports of Villas capture Of Vic
toria, capital Of Tamaulipas, nave been
declared true by persons in Nuevo
Laredo, the Mexican town opposite
Laredo, Tex, who are in close touch
with the fighting armies 1t was
stated positively that Tampico still is
held by Carranza forces.
The capture of Victoria by villa VIII
prevent CarranZa troops in Monterey
from retreating on TampicO, and it
also gives Villa a clear road to Tam
pieO.
The Mexican International railway
lines from a point 80 miles west OF
Nuevo Laredo has been torn up for
distance of several miles by the Car
rama troops to prevent pursuit by the
Villa army FROM Monterey, according
to report The distance from Monterey
to Nuevo Laredo is 165 miles, and II
is reported that the track is in good
condition for a distance Of about 80
miles east of Monterey.
The Convention Sessions.
Following the arrival in Mexico City
OF Gen. villa, which is expected by the
end Of this week, the Aguascalientes
conference will reconvene, according to
passengers arriving from the capital
These state that there has been much
discussion regarding the granting Of
permission for civilian delegates to at
tend the conference. ZaData Is reported
'as favoring the civilian delegates, while
the villa and Gutierrez factions oppose
it, Following a lengthy discussion, II
was finally decided to allow the civil