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Show VILLA CAMPAIGN PLAN REVEALED Intended to Capture Agua Prieta, Strike Southwest for Jalisco and Dash for Capital. CHIEF BROKEN HEARTED Information Received From Funston Opens Eyes to Situation Sit-uation Retreat Immediately Immed-iately Ordered. Douglas. Ariz., Nov. 5. Villa's plan of campaign, as revealed here todav by Colonel Cristobal Martinez, a wounded staff officer on parole, wa to draw Alvaro Obregon's army to the "northwestern army; capture Agur. Prieta and thon strike southwestward through Sonora and Sinalao to Jalisco. Next he planned to move eastward. cutObregon off from his base and then dash for Mexico City That it failed, as far as It concerned concern-ed Agua Prloti, at least, was due to two factors, according to Martinez The lecognitiou of Carranza by the Pan-American powers and General Frederick Funaton's plain statement to Villa last Tuesday that If the Agua Prieta fighting caused further damage dam-age tq American lives and property there would be the United States army to reckon with. Broken hearted, according to Martinez, Marti-nez, Villa now is prepared to attempt to carrying out the remainder of his program Ho will abandon the border, it was said, and attempt to strengthen his control of the Interior of Sonora and of Sinaloa by driving Carranza troops under General Dieguez out of those states. Guaymas and Mazatlan now held by his foes probable will be points of at-attack. at-attack. 'Until Villa reached tho San Bernardino Ber-nardino ranch, 18 miles from Agua Prieta. he did not know that Carranza Car-ranza had been permitted- to ship reinforcements re-inforcements to Agua Prieta- "over American territory," said Martinez. "He would not believe it until ho saw General Funston. Shortly afterwards he ordored the retreat." Intelligence Department Deficient. General Villa's Intelligence department depart-ment also was deficient, according to Martinez and he did not know, or would not helieve until he saw Funston, Funs-ton, that the garrison was almost as strong as his own army and that the defenses were so arranged that any attack likely to bo aucessful would have resulted in firing into American territory Ho was permitted to remain in American territory after giving his word not to further aid Villa. |