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Show GENERAL ViLLA CLEARS THE FEDERALS FROM HIS PATH i Advance Guards Driven Into Torreon From Suburbs and Rebels Will Attack Stronghold. Durango, Mexico. Having cleared the way for a direct attack on Tor- reon by his success on Friday and Sat- urday iu establishing a base here and driving in the federal advance guards from Mapimi, Tlahualilo, Sacramento, Noe, Brittingham Junction ana smaller points in the environs of the Huerta stronghold, General Francisco Villa, the rebel chief, left here Sunday Sun-day for the south. ' Before leaving for the front, General Gen-eral Villa said he doubted whether the federals would make further resistance re-sistance until his assault on their main position takes place, although there were rumors that the enemy would make a show of resistance at Gomez Palaclo, a suburb of Torreon, reached by street car, and noted for its big railroad shops. |