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Show REINFORCEMENTS REACH MATAMORAS BROWS" ILLE Texas April 6 Ar n al of a small body of re nforcements at the AJata moras garr son was an nounccd by Carranza off cers here itoday Sharp f ring was heard short v before these reinforcements rode in on horse back but apparently none of the ca airy men was shot n the r dash between the w del sepa ated a camps surrounding Mata mora s A re o Garza commanded the rein forcements They were said to have come from Vctoria 00 to ls, south The garrison today was busv extend ng a aflroad t a k a ong the river bapk for a few hundred ards toward the end of the entrenchments oppos te the American shore It appeared poss ble that box care filled with d rt m ght be run upon this track as a fortification against attack upon the river bank Such cars a so shield Brownsvil e somewhat from bul lets The Vila fed artll cry trans ad vanced a Jtt e nearer to Matamoras to day passing Paynosa slvtj lies west of the invested eft How fast the would cover the remaining 60 miles depended on the repa rs |