| Show Scenes in Mexican War Zone With Federal Troops Under Command of Obregon j S I I I t. I IS fI f S S S I S F S S ti S Obregon Troops Prepare For Attack on Vera Cruz Mexican Rebels Concentrate Forces to Resist Federals' Federals Attempt at rat RecapS Recapture Recapture Recap Recap- S ture of City I IVERA VERA CRUZ Dec 25 By ByA P. By-A.-P. A P PA A A general attack by federal troops on Vera Cruz is imminent accordIng according according accord accord- ing to revolutionary headquarters This b belief it is s stated is based upon observations of troop movements movements move movements move move- ments from Apizaco o to Huamantla but no a. a advance vance has as yet begun The rebels are accumulating reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements rein rein- to resist an attack the statement adds Th The war plan agreed upon by the revolutionary council held recently In Esperanza providing for combined combined com corn action of rebel forces at VeraCruz Vera VeraCruz VeraCruz Cruz Oaxaca Puebla and Guerrero Is already in operation the com corn states R Reinforcements have entrained here to support the attack on Santa Lucretia Isthmus of ot where heavy fighting continues with the federal garrison still successfully suc SUC- resisting all attacks A A. revolt o of federal garrisons stationed stationed stationed sta sta- in the Tampico oil fields Is reported here and it Is stated that adherents of ot General Sanchez have I offered to Join the rebellion but this has not been confirmed VERA CRUZ Dec Dee 25 By U. U P P. The The De La Huerta press bureau today admitted capture of or Puebla by Obregon troops Our forces in under Generals Maycotte Villareal and Castro are preparing an attack on Puebla the statement said I General Figueroa has captured a number of ot Obregon troops under I Generals Toscano Arenales and at Puente Inthe in inthe inthe the state of ot and these Obregon Obregon Obregon Ob Ob- Ob- Ob regon troops have Joined our armies and now are cooperating with us The combined forces have surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded Toluca Our troops under Generals Pablo Diaz and Soto Lara have captured Alamos De DeI DeLlano DeLlano I Llano and In the oil oU fields north of ot Vera Cruz between Tampico Tampico Tam Tam- PI pico and In Apizaco Obregon forces shot two gangs of railway workmen who were known to be sympathetic to 1 our cause I An official of ot the De La government was also captured and I executed in I 0 c s 4 t 4 k S t 5 vS r- r 5 55 S S S ft 0 5 S s S 5 S 5 S S S S 4 S S' S S'S 5 S S 5 5 S- S S 5 S 5 4 S 5 5 5 5 5 S J x m mK mx K S 5 55 x z 5 i S i l I jK j- j K ft t x xV Sa S a t tS V S z 4 S.- S. V Q J Alf A 5 1 4 Nt Top left A left left-A A campfire scene In Mexico wit with Obregon g n so soldiers le aw warming tl themselves enise vel before an n open blaze blaz at al in preparation for another sally again against st the followers of Ge General Sanchez Sanchez one of the rebel rebe I leaders At right right right-A A detachment of federal troops s traveling to the front ac accompanied by their wives I in keeping with proper Mexican military tradition on Below left President left President Obregon of Mexico himself went to the firing line Una to direct his federal troops troop s against the rebels Photo shows him arriving al at t Jalisco on the western front Only a few weeks ago Obregon w was s seriously ill ill iii At right right- right right- Mexican troops were hastily dispatched to Vera Cruz at the outbreak of the present revolution Photo shows infantry prepared to engage egge the he re rebels be Is on the outskirts of Vera Cruz I |
