Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-12-24
OBRECONISTAS
IN PURSUIT OF
REBEL FORCES
Mexico City Dispatches Claim
Capture Of Thousand Re-
bels by Federal Troops al
Puebla

WASHINGTON. Dee. 1i.-Thc Mex
lean embassy today Ill statement said
the. revolutionary forces driven from
l'ucbla Saturday were being ACTIVITY
I.nrsHa ~ DbrcguniSta troops.
II he government exercises firm con
sroI Ill iucha and has The situation well
Al hand. The staicmcn, de Jared. ~The
rebel forces under General Estrada at-
tackled the city Of iepic and were
driven ba by the fcdcralS with great
LOSSES
Order has been restored III ruebIa.
Casualties of both sides in yeSter-
days fighting are off ial.y estimated at
five hundrr although the forces of GEN
erals Mayrvtie. Castro and Aiilarcal are.
declared entirely dispersed with more
than TWO thousand captured and The re-
manning two thoHSanl either killed Ut
fleeing toward Tchuacan. via Amozoc.
Traffic between Mexico City and
rncbla WAS renewed this morning. and
General Martincz arrived here for the
purpose of comforting with prrSif crS
Obregon. Trains bearing prisoners are
cnr0uic 10 the capital where. according
to announcements the enlisted men shall
~ freed on cunt ~ having been CO.
creed into the movement The Officials.
however. Will be judged guilty ~ dcSer-
tion and sedition and will bc summarily
court -Inarli1led.
MEXICO CITY. Dee 2i.-rrepara-
tiOns continued today for the pursuit III
the main body of rcvolufionisiS. cSiimat-
cd Al less than five hundred. which e.
capcd after the capture Of i'uehla IS DE
fcdvral army under General J.ugenio
Martinez The rebels are reportel 10
have halted temporarily and are making
preparations for defense. should the pur-
suing columns oyertakc them III Mana
camilpa. where they have fortified Tepo
gnohil Till.
VERA Cruz. Dec. 2I-Rebel for g
have made their nearest approach a.
Mckee City 80 far with the capture
yeSterd u iof Cuernavaca. forty miles
south of the capital. il is stated in a
revolutionary ceiamilniqac ISSUED here.
n The for e. advanced from their mo-
sition III the state ~ Guerrero into
Mrrelo~, of which Cncraarara j. the
rapitaE No heavy fighting was reported
The general situation Is unchanged rx-
ccpt for the approach to the national
capital. I'urbla has not been evacuated,
according - the rebel statement, which
adds that the Insurgents are cngrscd in
heavy fighting with federal forces in the
suburbs.
A government bulletin issued from
Mexico City states that rue5la was cap
iurcd Saturday aud that 1.0o0 prisoners
we're taken b yihe federal for ~ iii the
engagement.
MINItO CITY. Dec. 3l.-M0rc than
1.OtU prisoners were captured BY the
federal forces when they took i'uchla
from the revolufionisiS. and cavalry sent
in pursuit still are taking capsiveS. ac-
cording 20 Secretary 0f War Scrrano.
AirplancS. which ercd "a hits. Ted the
attack on ruebla. according to an Of
ficial statement from the war depart
ment.
The statement follows: ~Thc attack
against Turhla was started al Z o'clofk
this morning. three airplancS bombing
Lorcto. san Juan and Guadalupe fort
res~es. simultaneously. forces belonging
10 the column commanded by General
Martinez advanced upon the town and at
II o'clock oc upation of the city was
reported
The enemy was defeated after fierce
battling. government forces tsrtlng num-
croux prisoners with cavalry sent III pur-
Suit " the rctreatinE forces stiIl caFtur-
ing many.
The importance nf the rebel defeat
will be known when the commandcr-in-
chief sends dcthiicd reports.
"Dnce more government soldiers COW
cred themselves with glory. The fourth
artillery regiment. commanded hy Col.
Amezxna. contributed handsomely ID the
downfall of the fortreSses.-