Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-30 | Page 1 | San Luis Potosi Changes Hands

oo SAN LUIS POTOSI CHANGES HANDS Carranza Forces Take City Without a Battle Fall of Monterey Imminent. Laredo, Tex., Jan 30. San Luis Potosl is again in the hands of Carranza Car-ranza forces It was turned over yesterday without a battle and the fall of Monterey now held by Villa troops is reported imminent. The fall of San Luis Potosi was said to have been a result of Gu tierrez' defection from the Vllla-Za-Iata combination, its garrison was compose-d of both Villa and Gutierrez supporters. General Blanco and General Gen-eral IlobJes, commanding ten thousand thou-sand Carranza troops, were preparing to attack the city when General dc la Garza, who was savd to be a Gutter rez sympathizer, surrendered the city unconditionally, renouncing allegiance alleg-iance to Villa and allying himse'f with tin Carranza party It is re ported his forces will go south to helf) in a campaign against Qucretaro A skirmish was reported today within with-in three miles of Monterey at Per-chico. Per-chico. Details are lacking.