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Show rebels mm ATTACK DN TIPICO Mexican Gunboat Said to Be Taking Part in Action; Refugees Leaving. VERA CRUZ, April 25. Fighting between be-tween the Mexican federal troops and the constitutionalists was In progress at Tamplco Inst night, according to a report received by Admiral Badger from tho BrttlEh war vessels there. Tho British commander off Tampico said ho had heard a Mexican gunboat In action, but was unablo to learn the extent ex-tent of tho fighting. Tho American -war vessola wcro lying a considerable distance dis-tance out from the coast. Refugees to tho number of 1050 have been removed from Tamplco during the last few days. At Puerto Mexico everything was quiet last night. Rear Admiral Badger is relying re-lying on the British vessels there, which arc In chargo of the situation. Tho American liners at the docks of Puerto Mexico have not been interfered with in any way. Tho American torpedo-boat destroyer Patterson, which lias been at Tuxparn, has been Instructed to take on board twcniy-flvo' Chinese refugees and send them to Galveston at tho first opportunity. oppor-tunity. BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. April 25. Tho following report from General Caballero. robel commander at Tamplco, to constitutionalist consti-tutionalist headquarters at. Matamoros. under date of April 21, was given out here today: "Having come to my notice that the fcdnrala in Tamplco were offering further fur-ther Insults to Americans, I immediately reopened my attack at 4 o'clock this morning, and already have captured tho cemetery, where strong fedora) force resisted. re-sisted. Expect triumph by night." |