Friday, June 28, 2013

Rebel Victory At Ortiz.

New York Times 100 years ago today, June 28, 1913:
Obregon Reports Capturing 39 Cannon and 30 Carloads of Ammunition.
    DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 27. — Gen. Obregon, one of the rebel commanders at the battle of Ortiz, wired to the Constitutionalist junta to-day as follows:
    "Battle ended at 8: 30 o’clock Thursday morning after seven days' fighting. Our forces captured 39 cannon and 5 machine guns from the Federals. We also captured 30 carloads of ammunition for field and machine guns. Several hundred Mauser rifles were thrown away by Ojeda's men in their flight. Ojeda’s automobile was captured on the field, and we picked up the bodies of 200 Federals. We have a large number of wounded prisoners. Our losses are not yet known exactly. "

    TUCSON, Ariz., June 27. — In a wireless message sent from the United States cruiser Pittsburgh at Guaymas and relayed from San Diego, Francisco Garcia, the Federal Governor of Sonora, informed the Mexican Consul here that Gen. Ojeda had fallen back to Guaymas and was prepared to give the rebel State troops battle at that place.

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