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Show oo lH CARRANZA FORCES 1 GAIN A VICTORY I Douglas, Ariz., Aug. 17. Official ad- H vices recoived hero late last night H said that the Carranza forces were ! victorious in the fighting yeBterday H at Portezuelos, five miles eaBt of No- M gales, Sonora. The Villa forces were H driven back Into Nogales, according H to the report, after sustaining severe M casualties. A hundred of the Villa lH troops and two machine guns were jjl captured by General Calfes' men. HH Calles cavalry Is reported to he in jH possession of the railroad south from :H Nogales to Magdalena, a distance of !H 550 miles. The troops are reported '1 to be spread out in strategic position I H to meet 600 Villa reinforcements on H their way from Guaymas to Nogales. ! H oo ;H |