Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-08
BIG BATTLE AT.
TERRA BLANCA
EXPECTED SOON
Mexico City Reports State
Rebel Forces Are Rapidly
Retreating Toward Coast
on East Front
tRy The AssaciatcI Preaal

tRy The Associated PrrsHl
MEXICO CITY. Feb. Shy Radio
via Fort Worth Star-TclcEram to the
Associated PIcss)--Tierra Blanca. state
of Vera Cruz. apparently will b. the
scene Df thr last important battle in
the federal campaign against the city
Of Vera Cruz. which has been in the
hands WI the wv bells sine the outbreak
Of the revolution. The rebels are con
ccntrating AZ TERRA Blanca. subsequent
w their recent WV ri1s Of icvcrscs on the
eastern front.
The federal Amarch against Vera Cruz
u being delayed, owing partly 70 the
destruction Of bridge at Atoyac and
and partly to desire on the part of
General Martinez 70 svoid danger Of a
rebel attack din his rear. For this pur
pose nv has di. patched part NJ biz ar
my 70 Tifrra Blanca. However,, General
Urbajelo's cavalry IN known to ~ ad
vancinE W. Vera Cruz and the war de-
rartmant il waiting announcement
from him that hc has occupied the port
tn. wher, abouts Of General Adolfo dc
IA Huerta. who with other rebel lead
crs fled Vera Cruz On v steamer early
this VII ek. ar. still unknown. General
Gomez. commandant here, announced
the receipt w reports from Merida. Yu-
catan. that thu rfhcl general had ar
rived here. while Tamrico reports have
IL that a rebel war hip has appeared
near Tuxpam. Som. cradcncc IN placed
III the latter report
General Gomez announces that reb-
cls WI the west rn front. after disband-
ng AZ Yuriria. Guanajuat0. are concen-
trating at Guadalaiara, quoting messag-
~ received from Prt sihrnt Obrt Eon.
which also state that the rebel supply
of ammunition is running low and that
.ixty rebels surr ndcred at Ocotlan.
Rebel troops under the command of
General Fernando Reyes. have sur
rounded Espcranza and are delivering
attacks upon the city General Maycot-
te has captured the town Of San An
dre IN the state of Puchlar between F.
pcrarza and Pucbla. according 70
special dispatch from Mexico City pub
lished in VII Porvcnir of Monterrey yes
tcrday. The dispatch adds that the
rebel troops have succeeded i'm cutting
in the rear or the federals who cap
tured Cordova Tuesday. A Monterrey
dispatch states that any advance Of the
federal troops toward Vera Cruz must
necessarily be slow, as the rebel forces
have destroyed railroad bridges and
mined the tunnels.
Monterrey dispatches state that the
federal advance army, commanded by
General Amaro, has been surrounded
III the vicinity M Ocotlan. Jalisco. and
that the capture or three federal regi-
ments appears imminent Monterrey
papers also carry "a telegram purport-
ing 70 have been received from Gen
cral Obregon. stating in effect that the
famous -jitnry brigade which was 70
rescue Amaro's troops from their
pcrilous position. have either deserted
or gone over ~ the revolutionists.
A Torrcon dispatch. published yes
tcrday in El Porvcrnir states that Gen
eral Elias Plutarco Gales has arrived
there with troops 10 initiate his adj
vance against the Nilistas, who have
extended their operations TO the state
Of CoahuIa. having taken the city 0f
San Pedro. The dispatch adds that the
Viilistas now virtually control that se~-
tion nr the Jnare1 N-xicu City railway
lying between Jimincz and San Pedro.
but have issued orders not TO interiors
with traffic other than troop trains.
Federal troops in Nuevo Leon report
tContinucd On page two.)