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Show FEDERALS ON THE RUN. Civilians Report Defeat of Huerta's Men in Northern Mexico. Presidio, Texas The complete rout of Huerta's federal army in northern Mexico with the frantic flight of his generals for safety on the border, and the demoralization of the unpaid troops, was established with the arrival ar-rival Monday at Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite op-posite Presidio, of the civilians and soldiers who deserted Chihuahua City. In the remarkable hegira whicr struggled for eight days over the 100-mile 100-mile trail through the desert and endured en-dured great hardships for want of food and water were General Salvador Salva-dor Mercado, Huerta's deposed military mili-tary governor, and commander of the federal troops in the north; General Pascual Orozco, General Antonio Ro jas, General Caraveo, General Ynez Salazar and a host of subordinate officers. of-ficers. They had deserted their postr In fear of General Francisco Villa's rebel army and virtually had surrendered surren-dered to the rebels Chihuahua, the state capital, and the largest of the far northern cities. |