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Show on ATTACK BEGUN ON CHIHUAHUA Pancho Villa Opens Hostilities With 6,000 Men Juarez Garrison Kept Ignorant. El Paso. Tex. Nov. 6 Advices from Chihuahua received in Juarez land El Paso, sny Pancho Villa with a Constitutionalist force estimated at 6000 men. began an attack upon Chihuahua Chi-huahua City at 10 oclock last night Efforts were made in Juarez today to prevent the federal garrison there trom learning of the beginning of hos Mlltles as the commanders admit that the men might not be depended upon If ordered to Chihuahua to reinforce the garrison there Chihuahua is said to be well defended, with a number of pieces of heavy artillery and a garrl-8on garrl-8on of several thousand. M E Hlebold. Inspector of Mexl can consulates said he liad advices, direct from Chihuahua this afternoon, that the Federal garrison at Chihuahua had repulsed the attack by Villa's ar mj Hlebold said the rebel6. after skirmishing yeeterde afternoon, made a night attack which was repulsed, re-pulsed, and that today they made two attacks but each time were driven back by the federals His dlspan lu be said, gave no details of the killed and wounded, but Intimate that tho rebel loss was heavier than the federal fed-eral and that the rebels still menace the city. |