THE MEXICAN REVOLT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 38, 13 February 1913, Page 6

THE MEXICAN REVOLT.

MADERO’S PARTY REPULSED. Mexico City, February 12. The ■ rebels are still holding the arsenal. The heavy artillery has been moved into position in order to shell the President’s palace. There .have been numbrous disaffection* from President Madero. Street fighting continues. Foreigners took refuge in the American Embassy. The Maderoists attacked the arsenal and were repulsed after a brisk engagement. Flying bullets were everywhere. Mr Lloyd Osborne, the author, was shot in the thigh while watching the fight. FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE STREETS. REBELS FIRING THE CITY. (Received 11.20 a.m.) Mexico City, February 12. Federal troops re-opened the battle, attacking the arsenal at daylight. A fierce engagement followed, hundreds being killed in the streets. The rebels turned the Men’s Christian Association into a fortress, where, under cover, they fusiladed the palace with machine guns. They set a number of buiklipgs on fire, and a conflagration is raging. The British Legation was under fire. The Federals placed a battery of artillery in the British Legation in order to afford protection. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TAKE A HAND. Washington, February 12. The United States expeditionary force of 3000 men is ready to depart to Mexico. Marines are also in readiness.