Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-28
MORE Than $4,000
! IN REBEL ARMIES.
Reports From All Parts Of
Country Tell of Deserters :.
From Carranza.
BATTLE AT MAzATLAN NEAR
Heavy Fighting at San Juan,
Mapirni and Rancho Nuevo,
Near Tampico.
BATTLE AT MAzATLAN NEAR
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Aqua PRIETA. SONORA, April
heoel troops are preparing to
march on Mexico City from the State
of Guerrero. General p. Elias Canes.
commander In chief of the .Ifberal.t
constitutionalists" army. announced
hero today. -f1--s
The rcvolutionists from Sinaloa and
Sonora plan to join with the rebels
In Guerrero for the attack on Mex
leo City n.
Capture of MazatIan, where a de-.
! cisivc battle impends. by the rebels
| VIII easily lead To the subjugationd
or the balance of Sinaloa and rapid
progress through Mayarlt, which Ia
said to pc sympathetic with the
Sonoran cause.
Rcrolutioni.ts Make Ieadwny.
IN Jalisco. the next state south.
revolutionary forces arc said to he
; making headway. as is reported also
ahe case In Colima. where the cap
ltal city OF Colima and the port OF
Manzanillo arc detectives Of the vic
torious rebel troops. Michoacan also
was reported in revolt against Car
ranza. and adjoins Guerrero.
General Alvaro Obregon was said
10 be directing the revolutionary
movement in Guerrero, after having
fed recently from the Mexican can
ital. Reports from FL Paso that
force of Carranza troops In Chihua-
hua CITY had revolted gave strength
70 the rebels assertion that Carranza
ometals, messing tIoops In w este
Chihuahua for, an attack on sonora,
we're having difficulty In organizing
! their men for battle.
Military beadquarters here forecast
mat within two weeks communica-
tion by rail from the border of.tha
United States to Mexico city would
be completely cut on.
To Attack chihuahua.
More soldiers arrived here TODAY
from Eastern Sonora ard southern
parts of the state. More were en-.
route, 1t was said, and IL was stated
at military headquarters that shoulE
Carranza postpone an attack on So
nora, rebel troops from this state
| would attack Chihuahua
More than $4,000 soldiers in Meg
leo are now In revolt against the
| Carranza government. nearly half
this number having joined the reyo.
lutionary forces in Sonora. @
Mexico has been divided into four
military zones the first of which in
cludes Sonora, Sinaloa and Mayarit.
according to General p. Elias Gales.
| commander Of the army OF the north
west. Commanders for the central.
/ zone, Gulf coast and southern zone
have not been named yet. 4
General Salvador Gonzales and his,
entire garrison at cuatla. In Morelos.
are reported to have gone over tot'th
| rebels while Colonel Lopez with a
regiment OF cavalry. at Uruapan,sin
Michoacan. also is said to have re-
| bellcd.
General cosio Rebclo.. in command
or the Federal forces at Cuernavaca,
mas been relieved of his post as a
result or the capture of that city by
tho rebels. while General Candido
A.suilar has been placed in command
of the Federal forces opposing tho
obreGonistas in Guerrero.
Fighting Is reported at San Juan.
Nuevo Leon; Mapimi. Durango, and
Rancho Nuevo, near Tampico.
The Federal garrison at Monterey
Is being REINFORCED. General Alma.
zan, commanding a rebe! force In
Tamaulipas, was said to be menac-
state.
Railway Lines Cut.
Railway communication between
Monterey and Torreon has been, IN
terfered with by the cutting of tho
line at Ramos By rebel forces. Fed
eral troops at Casas Grandes, Sin CHI
huahua are reported preparing to
march on Aqua Prieta.
Reports to the revolutionary head
quarters at Aqua Prieta, Sonora,
state that two troop trains under
General Pablo Gonzales. which had
remained faithful 10 the Carranzr,
government, had been captured by;
rebels near Mexico City.
General Salvador Aivarado reports
tho States of Guanajuato and Morelos
20 be in open revolt. The revolution
in Guanajuato ris in charge OF Gem
eral James. with a force or 500 .;iss.
The capture OF small towns in iNueSo
Leon and Durango also was reported.
Activity of Carranza In Chihuahua
also was reported today. He is said
to have dispatched a large force from
Casss Grandes against Aqua Prieta.
to take the ravolutionists in flank. =
Federal Regiment RevoIts.
Private advices reported from
Juarez this afternoon said that the
Sixty-second Mexican Federal Regi-4
meh under Colonel Belarco, In CIT
huahua City, had revolted, No fsght.s
Ing was reported as a result Of de-
fectlon. ,s.4t 9 s sss :.
Wire commu nication between Juare s
and -Ghihuahu9 City has been cut ard
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