El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-17
CARRANCI5TA5 fail IN EFFORT To
FLANK VILLAS ARMY NEAR SILAO
Two Thanking Movements Are Made and Villa Reports
Say One Was a Complete Failure; Arieta Attempts
to Get at Villa While obregon Makes Main
Assault; obregon Re pairs Captured Guns.

1.-TWO fanking movements. one in
the neighborhood Of Silao and the
Il second in the Laguna district near
Torreon, are reported in Carranza ad-
vices received here. The movement near
SiIao, according to reports on the fight
received by Villa agents. was COM
plete failure and resulted in Gen. Obre-
gan losing considerable ground
The Silao fight began Friday and
ended Sunday. The purpose Of the
movement was to place the rIght wing
of ObregOn's army at the rear OF Leon,
the Villista headquarters After j DrleI
advance. made on an extended 'front.'
the Carrancistas were repulsed and re-
tired to their former positions, aban-
dOning a line Of trenches, the villa re-
ports state. CarranZa aQVIces. on the
other hand, declare that the general ad-
vance is still in progress
ArrietH After villa.
Gen Domingo Arrieta IS IN charge OF
the thanking movement IN the Laguna
district the CarranZa report states 1t
declares that, on Saturday, he defeated
a force Of Nillistas at LlanO Grande, IN
the state Of Durango, and that he has
now launched a campaign IN me La
guna district, not with the object If at
tacking TOrreOn but for the purpose OF
hinderinE Villas lines of cOmmunica-
ton. The Arrieta forces are reported
to number 5000. For days past Villa has
been receiving heavy shipments OF am
munition through FL Paso and the cut
ting Of the line south OF TOrreOn would
seriously affect the campaign Sround
Repairing Captured Cannon.
The cannon captured by Oregon at
the battle Of Celaya are being repaired
at Veracruz and Pachucas according TO
arrivals here from that port The can
non arrived on Nay 5 and were used in
the "Cinco de Mayo" day parade The
captured artillery consists of II Schnel-
which most Of the breach blocks have
been removed, and II Nicker-Maxim
mountain guns, all Of which are IN good
condition A large supply Of ammuni-
ton for the large caliber guns mas also
been received in Neracruz- About 20
more cannon are reported TO be At Pa
chuca. Practically all of the machinery
OF the ammunition factory at Mexico
City is now located at Neracruz and a
large supply Of small arms ammunition
is being turned out dali All CarranZa
commanders have been instructed TO
collect empty shells after each fight
and these are sent to VeracruZ-
V1Iistas Quit TampieO.
A general retirement of all Villa
forces from the TampicO district was
ordered on Nay 8. according to the ar
rivals. Previous to this time there had
been daily attacks on EbanO beginning
early in March. The last fight Of i'm
pOrtance in the oil fields was at Pan
ucO, on Nay Z, when the town was re-
captured Dy the OarraElclSLaS- a rev
days previous a Carranza garrison Of
It's had been wiped out at the town,
but two soldiers escaping.
Air craft has played an important
part in the fighting around TampicO-
There are three machines at Tampico,
in charge of Maj. Alberto Salinas, a
nephew Of Carranza- Both Gems. Ire
vino and Gonzales made a flight over
EbanO a short time ago and were fired
upon by the Villistas-
Former HuertiSta Joins Villa
Gen Ignacio N. ZaragOsa. who was
the Huerta commander Of Tampico at
the time Of the flag incident, has
Joined the Villistas and, until the re-
tirement, was stationed north Of the
port Gen. Manual ChaO, who was in
charge Of all Villa troops in the dis
trict, has been wounded by a piece of
shrapnel and is in a serious condition
at Chihuahua city, according to reports
in TampicO. The fighting around EbanO
has wrecked the plant OF the Huastaca
oil Co., one Of the largest companies
in the district, entailing a loss OF
nearly a million gold A huge cement
reservoir was fired early this month
and is stiIl burning
-Four Factions In Revolt.
Agents Of both factions here profess
to believe that the third revolution,
which has been reported as forming