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Show Torreon Carranza's Objective The Carranza advanco marks a long threatened movement to take Torreon, railroad center of tho Interior In-terior and shut off Villa's communication communi-cation with the north. The Villa garrisons gar-risons in northern Mexico have been depleted greatly by tho moYemcnt Into In-to Mexico City, and troops from the national capital probably will be call ed upon to enter the northern theater thea-ter of war. Small groups of Carranza troops aro also moving along the border. It appears that Carranza, from Vera Cruz, has ordered a general movement move-ment Into the north thus placing him-Belt him-Belt in Villa's old' stronghold and at the same time retaining his coast and border ports. Moving Toward Juarez Four hundred men from General Hill's forces In the extreme cast of Sonora have set out along tho border bor-der toward Juarez which Is held by a small Villa garrison. Flvo nun drcd Carranza troops from Coahulla recently passed below Sierra Hlanca, Texas, on their way toward Juarez. The situation has been complicated complicat-ed by the appearance In central Chihuahua Chi-huahua of Gen. Jose Yncz Salaza tho former federal leader who escaped es-caped recently from Jail In Albuquerque, Albuquer-que, N. M. It was learned today that more than 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition destined for Salazar's small force passed tho border safe iy. George C. Carothers, tho vice consul con-sul at Torreon, who has been acting as a field agent of tho American state department with General Villa, arrived today at El Paso. Carranza agents today repeated their previous claims that San Luis I'otosl had fallen Into their hands. Carranza's Troops Triumphant Vera Cruz, Mex., Dec. 1G. Ot'lci-als Ot'lci-als here reported today that two battles bat-tles had taken place. One was at Jau-mave, Jau-mave, near Tainplco, In which It was claimed General Carranza's forces won. The other was near San I'ed ro de las Colonlas, between Torreon nnd Saltlllo. In this light Genera', Vasquez, commanding tho Cat ran ? forces, reported that he was making gains and declared that General Villa's Vil-la's men had taken a tralnload of wounded Into Torreon. |
