El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-11
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= y Lf-N lila hfaAo 10 nav e 4EAN Luz To-
reon Wednesday, accompanied
by 10000 avalry, for Monterey.
/ His departure for the east means the
beginning of an entirely new campaign
which has as its object the complete
pacification of the northeast Tampico
will not be attacked until all order
ports and the coal districts have beeh
completely paCiIled- This Information
was brought TO the border Thursday
by American passengers who were III
TorreOn when the big movement was
enJraining for Monterey.
Had the CarranclstGs followed the
same line Of attack two weeks ago
that they adopted on March ., when
they cut the TOrreOn-MOn line al
a point a few miles west of Monterey,
they would have very probably cap
tured the city, according TO Gen Felipe
Angeles, Villa commander OF the city
For days, however, their attac-H were
from the east and they were repeated
ly defeated. Believing that an attack
from the west would be made, Angeles
prepared for 1t by establishing a
strong force at sareGon.
Claim Carrancistn slaughter.
When the attack was made, on March
5, the Carr1ncIsJas were caught be
tween two fires They lost in killed
more than coo men and finally re-
treated up the line TO the Sabinas coal
fields. according 10 Villa reports On
tine line between Monterey and Pare
con the were successful in burning
i bridges The last Of these were
repaired on Wednesday and, accord
sng 20 the plans outlined, Villa and
his 10000 cavalry should have reached
Monterey today, but Villa is still IN
TorrcOr. according TO a wire from him
today 10 the Associated Press
The first move in the cleaning up
Of the northwest viii be a strong
offensive movement against the coal
Iields, where various bands Of Carran-
clstas are operating It is expected
that attacks on both c. 2. Diaz and
Laredo, together with the smaller Dor
der towns, will be made before the
end Of the month.
Villa Victorious.
in his east and west coast cam
palgns Villa has pushed the Carrancis-
tas almost 10 the seaboard on both
coasts The territory completely under
his control is described by the Ameri-
cans as Including Monterey. south TO a
point 80 kuOmeters from Tampico.
southeast on q line 10 Tula- which is
but so miles north Of Mexico CITY
west TO Guadlajara and from thence
10 point near AIanzanillo.
Following the route Of the Carran-
cistas al Guadalajara. Villa sent a ue-
tachment Of 10000 men 10 Manzanill0
TO prevent the Carrancistas from re-
organiZing- In the fighting from
Guadalajara 10 the coast. 1000 Carran-
NlSLa1 were hlllE4s according TO the
Americans, and Rodolfo Fierro. Villas
personal body guard, distinguished
himself in this campaign. Villa is
quoted a s saying that the defeat was
so disastrous that IL would take the
Carranclstas two months TO reorEanize I
Villa Army Well Equipped.
Villas forces are well equipped I
and there has been no lack of sup
plies, according TO the Americans No
further trouble is anticipated on the
west coast as il is stated that there
are but 1000 Carrancistas in the whole
district. most Of them under Gen. Ra-
mon Iturbe- The Americans report
that fully 500 former federal army
officers have been Incorporated in the
division Of the north. All Of these
officers have seen years Of active ser
vice and are proving a great aid in
bringing Villas division 10 a high state
OF efficiency.
No Reports From Capital.
No further reports regarding the
evacuation Of Mexico City were re-
Ceived here Thursday by agents OF
either faction Carrancistas were also
without advices regarding further
fighting around Monterey.
Regarding the military situation At
Mexico City, Gen Villa in answer TO a
telegram sent from TOrreon. under
date of today, sent the following mes
sage TO the associated Press
Replying to your message Of TO-
day ] also have received news that
Mexico City has been evacuated by
the forces of Obregon and that it is