The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-12
VILLA ARMY
OPENS ATTACK
ON MONTEREY
Carranla'> Forces Under vii
IarraI said to BE Hemmed
In by Angeles.
yILLI>T\S REPORT
CAPTURE OF VICTORIA

:. r,.. Mu 1.-The attack OF the
an. or car villa upon the Cairan1a
,,ropsno,d ~ Monterey has been opened.
I'm Iu,rcz Tonight il is said that the
vii, troops under command of Cen.
r..gs Angeles a'e actually attacking the
CT,
from, other sources Q II SAID that they
.,s near IN. CITY and chat the citizens Of
,r,ptercy are fleeing, having begun their
q. yht when the Carranza troops sent to
reinforce Saltilo and 10 attack Torreon
came hnrning back in a demoralized con
d.uon.
The Carranza agents IN III Paso declare
that their army - still holding Monterey,
which is the capital OF the State Of Nuevo
con. but they apparently have no late
details The telegraph companies report
tina, they cannot get wire connection with
Nonicrev I'm the past they have been
able TO uorn direct with Monterey through
Laredo
Villas agents BAY their forces have
trapped the larger portion Of the Carranzs
troops that formerly held Monterey in the
onrskirts Of the city after retreatng from
their recent disastrous Torreon campaign.
Villas Assertion.
Gen villa asserted to THE SUN CORE
spondent last night just before starting
south that his army had completely elm
mated the Carranzd troops from activities
near TorreOn OF Saltillo and asserted that
he would have Carranza on tho defensive
At Monterey in a short time. To-day's
news appears TO bear this out. In the
campaign against Torreoen Gen. Nillareal
and other Cdrranza leaders left Saltillo
without a garrison and started to attack
Torreon Meantime a villa command
sipped INTO Saltillo and took the place
The next day villa command from
Torreon advancing against the Carran-
lSas. met the advance Carranza army
A. Ramos Arispe east of Torreon, and
the Vilistas assert that the CarranZa
command was nearly annihilated and lost
the larger part Of its commlssariat and
equipment
The Cdrrdnza advance army has been
weakened by dividing its forces. After it
was learned that Saltillo had been occu-
ped by Nillistas part OF the Carranza
army returned to Saltillo When the Car
rama advance column was repulsed at
Ramos Arispe its retreat liz said 10 have
demordlIzed the Carrdnza forces that had
gone back and had surrounded the Vii
!'ta garrison at Saltllo. and they also
Joined IN the retreat.
The Monterey garrison, meantime
hurryine TO reinforce the Carranzistas at
Sdltllo and Ramos ArisT q, is said also
20 nave turned back to Monterey on re-
'e!pt OF the news of the defeat at Ramos
ATSpe and the blunder at Saltillo.
zen Nilareal is said then to have sent
,''rers to order mobilization OF all his
forces at Monterey TO meet the Nillistas.
Whether this has been done Is not known
hui NillIstas assert that few of the Car
rama troops were able to get back TO
Monterey. The majority OF Carranzistas
were forced to march on foot and horse
while the Nillista troops were able to
use trains, The Carranzistas are said to
nave been overtaken west OF Monterey
where Cen Angeles Is now declared 60
have them surrounded.
Preparations for Retreat.
The Nillista claims are partially borne
olt ny private advices received to-day
IRON Monterey, which gave no details
oui said that Nlllareal was preparing to
retreat to Matamoras. or the Texas
border opposite Brownvlllle. and that he
was already destroying the railroad to
prevent the Nillistas following by train.
II this is true Villas force will likely
meet with but little resistance az Mon
tgfeN The stories Of the success OF
WAS army at Ramos Arlspe and
Sdltlllo come from villa sources, but the
Narrdnza officers are unable to contro-
vert the story OF the rout. They admit
mat they have been unable to retake
Sdltlio from the Villistas
ON the face of things il looks as IL
Villas troops had driven the Carranzistas
Is Tar east as Monterey.
According TO reports received by Villas
gents in Juarez and FL Paso to-day he
VII not have to wait long at Aguas-
cdhcutes before joining his troops in their
attack upon Tampico. II was reported
,9-ld5 that the villa forces had captured
'tot9 capital OF the State of
ISmaullpas, which gives them an open
,o'd TO Tampico. A railroad leads from
Victoria 70 Tampico and by holding
victoria they can prevent any Carranza
uoops from reaching Tampico from
Mon'erey. Victoria is about midway be-
tween the two points
zen benjamin I'M, who has been in
Command OF the Carranza garrison at
""co' Sonora, during its resistance
against tho attacking troops OF Gov May
,NIe'd' declined to accept the OFFER OF the
.hI'ed states 10 permit his troops to be
Tpu e through the United States TO Aqua
,I"lh. lie SAYS they will march on
",Eican soil parallel TO the border.
ne rs sim here en- route to Vera Cruz.
" way or Galveston, to confer with Car
1'nha ana will wait here until Gen Hugh
L. scott Chief OF STAFF of the United
Ma'es army. receives the signature Of
uoN Naytor"na TO the neutrality agree
"enl regarding the port of Naco
"Ncn that is signed he will wire TO
zen Elias T., Gales, who succeeds him
:. Naro, 10 destroy all Notifications and
u'''n his men to Aqua Prieta, Tele-
s'ls rom Naco to-day stated that Gen.
vas negotiating with Maytorena to
IN inc agreement and that there would
We '' mcnlty about II, since Gen. villa
''' sH"ed 1t ON Saturday in Juarez.