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Show WHITTLE Jl PROGRESS iWHIli rijAfljct Between Mexican Sjlernment Troops and Rebels May Decide itjM Revolution. ERALS USE HEAVY fatlNSTO SHELL ENEMY JJjjftrrectos Say They Easily Their Position; Huerta declaims Great Victory wSJB- for His Army. 'uMt the REBEL FRONT, Bachim-kJmi Bachim-kJmi h, Mex., July 3. In the heart of jjjlH'. the mountains of northern Mexico j laJH There Baclilmha canyon, a natu-"J. natu-"J. WL raJ fortress, controls the entrance H cllr of Chihuahua, forty mllee .tjt tu beRtm today what may prove IrtdH last great battle of the Mexican .ttaMfcjilx hours of brisk fighting be-ju be-ju ,H!4 rebels under General Pascual -itibHtfUii an almost equal number of J tWKat troop.3 under General Vlctorl-ZjMfcMla, Vlctorl-ZjMfcMla, no great advantago wns uOHl by either side. Indications at T Wffcl btlnp that If the rebel amunl-Hidjout, amunl-Hidjout, the Issue will not be dc-pst; dc-pst; ;flBr levprnl days. A federal victory the end of organized revolution jHnctttSsIon of guerilla struggle. ialiBfBJenils at nightfall were pouring rfti BBr fire Into the rebol positions, the 5Hf which was OHtlrnated by rebel & kB t 1000 shells In five hours. Sf jfledfl Valiant Fighter. j'Ki Francisco Castaneda. chief of tJ" btfc tafT, distinguished himself dur-BtCthllng- by leading a column that Jfc a federal nssault on the south-is. south-is. jHllj had hardly recovered from his msjlHii received In a collision of troop ta do a ugo. m, Hve weeks, the contending forces a2Ba icpanacd by a series of burned ind manyled trackage, destroyed fgJB'rebelH, ns they retreated north t);Hl battle of Rellano. Slowly the ttiJiBnt commander brought his artll- jkfdflHl Bachlnibii. v.her.s the rebels had B"f Intrenched themselves, tlj tovcrnmeiit commander brought IJMh Into play on tho east and west vjJgdBltke canyon which winds north M HkIIi for a distance of three miles, "jBi&Tihr walls of rock with occa-Jjjj occa-Jjjj rsB.WjH guarding both sides of the nJ nd prohibiting a frontal as- faSfm ec Acivances' t BS ?- small force at the entrance HWon to guard troop trains, the ilK- fi"d ml"5lc1 a heavy artillery ,)r'.ynlaenl with the steady lira of in-''m in-''m M(1 ciivtilrj. In dofenso, the placed their cannon at right HtdSwL10 nacn,mna nas53 protected by Wgiib'gmin 0f infantry. As the light -jiKVcd there wore desperate sal-Im sal-Im Weral cavalry through the sharp JjRlch cut through the canyon in j itftjfc?!cs, but rebel sharpshooters S! vf3fc to cn-'-'k c"on attempt. lo '""reeled shots, the federal liW Ultle damage in the rebel ifitaB. At nlj5htfnl only slight losses l.JliHM 1 re?ortcd-pggcans re?ortcd-pggcans See Fighting. oajKjUA,iuA. July S. Nervously ifnf"Ml? bU outcomo o1, tl,c ualtl at cri VjE1' forty m,,cs nwai'i which Is Outlier this city, so long the t TjiP' to continue as such or ui l lhe conulltutlo,,ril government, Irf-' 6,16 today wa5 at 11,8 trcme . i ML1"116 mau clony of Americans Bt nera ralscd il,cir tiasB over t StBlT13 't0ni tilc front were numcr- biEf colorc(1 w,Ul rcbe' optimism. rfttjKBC altauncd to the departure tie eJSBj6 dl,rln the day of Pedro rte-JyfWBn rte-JyfWBn ntendent 0( Ulu :Ml!Xlcan Ce-tTfitK Ce-tTfitK Kcnt 10 ,,lricL P-'ron!ll,y tho if'eEnt ,ebel troop tra,nH Tw JBt arc rcild" for un emergency 'ffiimit 8010 rtJlfi0 of witnessing the, 4 lorJiM '"'ttlc. thirty Americans In tha iPBv rnl" wnt to an outlook tJm? flEhlle. They will celebrate pifcS J"ly observing the cannonading K0,""1 Several hundred Mex-,'m, Mex-,'m, yecB of the mine also went trt Jm. "aieli the eotitnai. tJK7 Aniong Federals. cSfltth PHlETA' Sonora, July 3,-Mu-UP'JltEir ietlerai camp here marred thu ' j'Brol V of a blK forco of sovern--TJj,'Btlr,P8 l enK!l5c 1,10 rowels who are pK( q l Cfrlcl uu e,,trHna lt0 11,0 WiWkn rro,n lHuahua and to n v SjKBttn 'iT ro;:co's anny lf de" Wl!hfRor"MKht rum,c8 w'o l'd been or-tfi or-tfi lftkttC0'npilliy General Blanco on ul1()Ulhv,,cl5t 10 Colonla Slorelos, lb?lWB'S7y' reru8cd atl wore Imprls-i Imprls-i y 0ll,crK dcserted to the ' Tt 'SflKHliat Sl'le of 11,0 Thc (le' lB'frol ,W "o'nen had boon 5fenmffl,,, -l.Ung to &fci-l2i2!!Iili0 of General Grr- pM'tInuctl on Pag0 Throo,) REBEL ID FEDERAL ARMIES II BATTLE (Continued From Page One.) baldl's command havo been sent toward Eavispe, tho scene of tho federal lefoat on Sunday, to locate tho rebel advance guard under Generals Salasar and Campa, who are reported to have begun a westward west-ward Invasion of Sonora from Casas Grandcs. About 150 federals should reach Bavinpe tomorrow and fighting is looked for when they attempt to ro-tako the mountain pass there. Report Federal Defeat. DOUGL-ASS, Ariz., July 3. Sixteen wounded federals who reached Augua Prleta today from CavIspc. -10 miles west of here on the border between tho state of Chihuahua and Sonora admit a severe federal defeat on Monday by rebels from tho Casas Grandes region. Tlioy declare, however, that the federals recovered themselves sufficiently the next dny to recapture Bavlspn. Fourteen federals and thirty rebels, they say, wore killed. A wagon train with 100 men loft Augua Preita today to reinforce the foderals. Generals Sanjlne, Garibaldi and Ulanco, federal officers, aro still in Augua Preita. Huerta Claims Victory. BACJ 1IMBA, (at General Huorta's federal headquarters), July 3. (10 p, m.) Government troops tonight occupy the entrance to Bachfmba canyon and several important positions surrounding It, having hav-ing driven the rebels toward tho north end of the mountain pass. General I-Iuer-to regards tho day's fighting as a brilliant bril-liant victory for tho govornment Eight hours of hard, fighting gave the government forces the advantageous position po-sition they now hold and when tho fighting fight-ing Is resumed tomorrow General Huerta believes ho win have no difficulty in forcing tho entire rebel army from their mountain stronghold. "The government army made a great showing today," said General Huerta as he moved his boxcar telegraph office Into Bachlmb.'i. station at 10 o'clock tonight, to-night, a place only yestorday held by tho rebels. Tomorrow, at daybreak, he declared, the federals will renew the attack. Two rebel bomb-throwing machines were captured cap-tured today and several prisoners were taken. Casaultics arc unknown tonight, as the as morff of tho firing was at long range, It Is not believed the losses will be heavy on cither side. Unless General Orozoo, on account of a scarcity of ammunition, has withdrawn his forces northward as has been reported here. It Is probable that tomorrow's fighting will bo decisive. |
