Aubert Moves On Rebels.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 16, 1913:
German Consular Agent in Sonora's Capital Under Arrest.
    MONTEREY, Mex., March 15.— The combined military operations of the columns of Government troops now concentrating in the State of Coahuila to suppress the rebellion under the leadership of Venustiano Carranza are not expected to be begun for several days. The Federals now occupy Torreon, Saltillo, Parras de la Fuente and San Pedro de las Colonias, the most important towns in Coahuila, while Carranza's adherents are in control of Monclova, Muzquiz and Porfirio Diaz City, which also is known as Piedras Negras.
    The total of the Huerta troops in the field is not known, but it reaches several thousands, and 2,000 more commanded by Gen. Trucy Aubert are leaving here to-day in the direction of Monclova, from which town they intend to drive the rebels.
    They will repair the railroad tracks as they advance. Gov. Carranza is said to have 2,300 well-armed followers, with plentiful supplies of ammunition, and he is endeavoring to induce the miners in Las Esperanzas to join him.
    Most of the railroads in Coahuila have stopped running, including the lines from Torreon to Saltillo and Torreon to San Pedro de las Colonias, as well as that between Monterey and Reata. The rebels have posted detachments of men all along the tracks to prevent repairs being made. The International Railroad between Piedras Negras and Monclova, however, is still open, though it is under the control of the Carranzistas.
    In the State of Nuevo Leon rebels from Coahuila have invaded the towns of Lampazos, Bustamente, and Villaldama. Communications between here and the United States frontier are interrupted.