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Show VILLA'S WAY TO THE NORTH BLOCKED BY CARRANZA TROOPS CHIHUAHUA CITY. Mexico. Oct. 27. The enveloping movement against Villa was strengthened today when General Maycotre reached Santa Rosalia wilh 2500 men with a view of preventing Villa from turning to the southeast from his base at Santa Ysabel. Villa's way to the north is also said to be effectually blocked. Meant i me forces a re on their way to guard the passes southward. It is stated at. headquarters, however, 1 hat the encircling en-circling movement is of wide extent,1 so that some margin of time must be allowed al-lowed to show the effects of the campaign. cam-paign. ( News was received today hy General Trevino that General Arreta ."Jimenez had encountered a band of Vvttra's followers follow-ers on the lftth and again ' on the 23rd of this monih. when the bandits were completely routed, leaving among 'heir dead .Tnse Rodriguez, a former Villa general, gen-eral, aiid Porlirio Rodriguez, hot h ) notorious no-torious as train robbers, and several other officers. The bandits also lost twenty-two twenty-two horses, thirty rifles and a quantity of ammunition. On the Carranza side a colonel was killer Tand several nun wounded. On last Tuesday eight followers of Villa appeared at A Ida ma. fourteen mhos east, of Chihuahua, but were dispersed before they could do any damage. General Trevino stater that he is rc-i rc-i reiving all of the military supplies he asked for and denies tht- report that he had advised officials to leave Chihuahua. No battle took place at Fresno, he said, and he added that his relations with the first chiff and war minister have been most cordial and without any friction. |