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Show I REBELS AWAIT THE ATTACK OF HUERTA AT THE REBEL FRONT, ESCALON, ESCA-LON, Mexico, May 18, 6 p. m. Carefully Care-fully placed on tho arroyos.and hills in which this region abonnds, tho front of the insurrecto army tonight is awaiting the attack of the government forces. General Salazar is in command of tho troops ."just south of Bellano, while Gonerals Campos and Fernandez and Colonel Alatorro are directing the movements of the 20QQ men stationed here behind tho advance guard. South of this place the insurrectos havo many scouting parties operating as far as Yermo and tho front of tho federal army is less than twelve miles away. At Zavalza, only nine miles south of Escalon, the federals have detachments exploring tho rebol positions. Problem for Huerta. AT GENERAL OROZCO'S HEADQUARTERS, HEAD-QUARTERS, JIMENEZ, Mexico, May IS, 6:30 p. m. The occupation of Nazas and the surrounding region southwest south-west of Torreon by tho forco of rebels undor Colonel Canalcs has provided tho government with a new problem, in the opinion of General Orozco. With Canales are Generals Campa and Ar-gumedo Ar-gumedo and it is said to be tho intention inten-tion of the trio and their men to besiege be-siege Torreon or even attack it as soon as the main body of federals becomes absorbed in a big engagement in this vicinity. Orozco and his counselors do not bo-lievo bo-lievo that General Blanquot went from Mexico City with 600 federals, and artillery ar-tillery will be able to check the operations opera-tions of Colonel Conalcs. Zapatistas Active. MEXICO CITY. May IS. Zapatista bands, which early this week captured Coajomuleo In Morelos, are reported bo-slcglni? bo-slcglni? Parras, El Parque, and Elarcon. A freight train between Cuornavaca and hero was held up and sacked, giving; tho rebels a- new supply of food. Tho ' telegraph lines were cut. Town Retaken. MEXICO CITY. May IS. Taxco, a town of some Importance, which was captured a few days ago by Jesus Salgado, after a three days' siege, was retaken Thursday Thurs-day by the federals. Official reports place tho rebel loss at seventy killed and many wounded, whllo only one federal officer was wounded. |