THE UNREST IN MEXICO.
AMERICAN INTERFERENCE. TRAIN ROBBED BY BANDITS. ■UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION--COPYRIGHT.I (Received April 15, 1.10 a.m.) MEXICO CITY, April 14. Bandits, not insurrectors, robbed a train of £20,000 belonging to the Chihuahua Mining Company. A TOWN CAPTURED BY REBELS. The rebels attacked Aguaprieta on Tuesday night, and captured it after a fierce battle. Thousands of Americans watched the conflict from the frontier. Several spectators were wounded by stray bullets. The Federal headquarters ’were wrecked by an explosion during the engagement. The garrison of 70 gallantly defended the place, but Avere overpowered. The rebels fled across the frontier, and the Americans disarmed them. A BATTLE STOPPED BY AMERICAN TROOPS. A report from Douglas, Arizona, states that American troops crossed the border, and stopped a battle after Douglas bad suffered from the firing for three lioAirs. One American, was killed and seA-eral Avounded by flying bullets . El Paso reports that the rebels abandoned Afizpe, retreated and burned the railway bridges.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3195, 15 April 1911, Page 7
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160THE UNREST IN MEXICO. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3195, 15 April 1911, Page 7
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