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Show REGULARS DEFEAT ILMITS OUTLAWS DRIVEN INTO HILLS, WHERE THEY SCATTERED IN THE CANYONS. General Trevlno Reports Victory Over Villa's Followers and 8ays Country East of San Antonio Is Cleared of Outlaws. Chihuahua City. Government troop and Villa forces both lost heavily In a sharp skirmish in tho hills a few miles north of Mnpiml, Durango, according to reports to Gen. Jacinto Trevlno on August 6. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Colonel Compean and a dozen privates wero killed and tho bandit casualties wero estimates at eighteen. The outlaws were driven far Into the hills, where they scattered in tho canyons. General Trovlno announced that ho has complotcd the coordination of his troops for the drive upon tho main bandit band with Villa and that troops are advancing north from Durango Dur-ango City to cooperate with thoso under Gen. Matlas Hamos, going south from Rosario, Parral, Jimenez and Escalcn. He said also that his dispatches dis-patches Indicated that the country cast of San Antonio has been cleared of outlaws, who have been forced into tho territory In the path of the advancing ad-vancing do facto 'troops. |