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Show ARMY HELD IN CHECK. Three Times Orozco's Forces Repulse Federal Cavalry. La Cruz, Mexico. Three times on Monday 2,000 federal cavalry under General Rabago, forming the vanguard of General Huerta's forces, pressed north toward this town only to meet the stubborn resistance of the rebel front Uuder Colonel Antonio Rojas. The third attempt to pass La Cruz and move northward on Bachimba, fifty miles north, where the rebel main army is gathered, resulted in failure. Skirmishes which began Sunday aiona the Conchos river were resumed at noon, with the result that in less than two hours the federals had retired. Neither side lost heavily, though the fire was heavy at times. |