A Battle Reported.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 15, 8 May 1914, Page 5

A Battle Reported.

v|N MEXICAN WAR. MEXICO CITY THREATENED. [By Electric Telegraph- Copyright] [United Pees* Association.] Mexico City, May 6. The Texas Constitutionalists are now operating around Salkillo, three hundred miles from Mexico City. General O’Bregon, with fifteen thousand men, is threatening the capital from the westward. A battle resulting in a Constitutionalist victory i s reported from the neighbourhood of Penzacos.

A SNUB FOR CARRANZA. —* VILLA TO SMASH HUERTA. (Received 8.0 a.m.) Mexico City, May 7. The mediators refuse to admit Carranza to the delegates, because ho rejected the proposal for an armistice. Washington’s policy is to bottle up Huerta and let Villa smash him. Huerta warned Admiral Mayo that if he enters Pandeo, the river will bo flooded with oil from the reservoirs, and will bo set alight. SCATTERED OPERATIONS. < ' FOREIGNERS KILLED. (Received 11.15 a.m.) Washington, May 7. A bomb dropped from a Constitutionalist biplane fell in the streets of Mazathan, killing four and wounding eight persons. The Federals and Constitutionalists and fighting in the neighbourhood. The besiegers’ artillery is superior, their shells seriously damaging buildings. Two British subjects were killed at the mines. Seven Americans are missing from Guadalapara, and their fate is unknown. The rebels have captured Acaponete and the garrison of Tepie after heavy fighting. 1

A REBEL SUCCESS. THE FIGHTING SONTINUES. _ • - f « 5 (Received 12.40 p.m.) Washington, Mayi7. < Carranza’s rcpresentativo at Los Angelos announces 'the receipt of a despatch confirming 1 the capture of Matzatlan by the rebels. The fighting continues. >• "» 1