REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.
SUPPRESSION REPORTED.
EXECUTIONS TOTAL 82. FINAL SIX HOURS* BATTLE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received October 11, 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Sun. NEW YORK, Oct. 10. A message from Mexico City says the Mexican Government reports that the rebel forces under General Gomez, numbering 2000 troops,. have been routed by Federal troops after a battle which lasted six hours. The revolution has now been suppressed. Earlier despatches from Nogales, Arizona, stated that General Paulino Fortez, formerly director of the national railways, and 15 followers had been executed. This brought the executions of revolutionaries to 82, comprising 16 generals and 66 others.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19765, 12 October 1927, Page 13
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