The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-11
GOMEZ, ALMADA
ARE DEFEATED
BY FEDERALS
Rebel Generals Flee After Tide
Of Sundays Battle Turns
Against Them
so KILLED IN FIGHTING
President Gales Orders Full
Amnesty Given Officers and
Men Who Surrendered

Mexico City, Oct. 11.-@-Wlth
the same dramatic swiftness with
which it started, the military revolt
has been crushed, leaving the Gales
government absolute master of the
situation in Mexico and General OBJ
regon the only presidential candidate
in the field to succeed Gales.
Disastrously defeated in a pitched
battle in the hills of western Vera
Cruz, Generals Arnulfo Gomez and
Hector Almada were being hunted
today by the victorious federal
troops under General Gonzalo Es-
cobar.
Escobar's victory came after a
six-hour battle, ending in the cap
ture of between 500 and 600 rebels,
the killing of SO and the wounding
of 100.
"The revolution is absolutely end
cd" it was announced by General
Alvarez, chief of the presidential
staff.
Quick Capture Expected
The Gomez-Almada column of not
more than 1000 men was the last
remaining rebel force of any size in
the country, the government de-
clared. It's members today were
either dead, wounded, captured or
scattered over the countryside in
twos or threes. The two leaders,
with bodyguards of not more than
so men each, will be either quickly
captured, the authorities said, or
would degenerate into mere BAN
dts, hiding in the hills"
Il
as the other principal leader Of the
revolt which was allegedly based on
''non-reelection" opposition to the
presidential candidacy Of former
President Obregon, was captured
and executed "a hours after the mu-
tiny of troops at Almada and Mex
leo City, the night of October 2.
Thus the government has stamped
out within week what is generally
conceded to have been the most
formidable movement against it
since President Gales was elected
to succeed Obregon.
Battle Occurred Sunday
The battle which brought such
drastic defeat to the rebels was
fought Sunday, the pursuit of the
defeated rebels continuing over
night.
After considerable maneuvering,
the federal troops who had been
pursuing the rebels for several days
in the vicinity Of Perote, western
Vera Cruz, cornered them at 2
O'Clock Sunday afternoon and forced
battle near the town of Alyahual-
ulco.
The fighting continued fiercely
until 8 o'clock in the evening, by
which time the rebel column had
been well-scattered, with casualties
! estimated at $50, of whom so were
killed. The federal casualties were
placed at 81 wounded, including six
officers.
General Escobar reported that
when the battle had been under way
two hours, Gomez and Almada, with
small bodies of followers, "fled
shamefully," abandoning their men.
Full Amnesty Given
Gomez fled in the direction Of
C0sautlan, % miles southeast of the
old fortress of Perote and not far
from the Puebla state line. The
main body of rebels withdrew in the
same OlTeCClOHs anu OetWeen OVO aHO
600 men with their officers, con-
stituting the infantry commanded
by Gomez, surrendered there the
next morning.
President Gales sent a congratu-
iatory message and requested de-
tailed report Of "the action which
ended the revolution"
He also personally ordered that
full amnesty be given the officers
and men who surrendered and that
they be mobilized at points to be
designated by the government.
Meanwhile, the authorities of ev-
cry Mexican port and the officers of
all ships in the navy have been or
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