New York Times 100 years ago today, August 7, 1912:
Tucson Hears of Federal Defeat — Orozco Warns Juarez.
TUCSON, Ariz.. Aug. 6.— Orozco's rebel forces, according to advices received here to-day, defeated the Government soldiers under Gens. Sanjihes and Velasco at Sahuaripa, and continued their advance as far as Ladura, Sonora. There they opened fire on the town, which was defended by twenty-five or thirty Federals
The railroad agent, hiding under the station, sent out the report of the attack, adding that he intended to stay where he could be comfortable.
The rebels cut the telegraph wire between Ladura and Mina, Sonora, to the east.
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