GREAT MEXICAN ARMY
WAR AGAINST REBELS TWO AMERICANS KILLED (Australian and- -Y.Z. Press Association) (United Service) NEW YORK, Sunday. General Plutarea Ellas Calles, formerly President of Mexico, to-clay took the field against the rebels at the head of one of the largest armies in the country since Villa's rebellion in 1915. Having definitely crushed the rebellion in the south the Government is now putting forth its full military strength toward the north. It is possible that a decisive battle may be fought near Torreon. The rebels announce that a drive on Mexico City will be made immediately. Juarez was quiet to-day following upon its capture by the rebels yesterday after a severe battle. There were co” —’>V casualties on both sides. Two Americans and a two-year-old girl were killed by stray bullets across the border in El Paso, Texas, and a man was found dead. The fighting at Juarez ended when the United States authorities interposed because of the danger to Americans in El Paso. Three hundred Mexican troops with their families have been interned at Fort Bliss, Texas, under the terms of the truce.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 609, 11 March 1929, Page 9
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