RENEWED FIGHTING.
FIERCE STREET ENGAGEMENT,
REBELS START A CONFLAGRATION
BRITISH LEGATION UNDER FIRE
Mexico City, Feb. 12
Tho Fedoral troop's reoponed the battle, attacking the arsenal at daylight.
A fierce engagement followed, hun dreds beting killed in the streets.
The rebels turned the Young Men's Christian Association building into a fortress, where, under cover, they fusiladed the palace with machine guns. They set a number of buildings on fire and a conflagration is raging.. 1 The British Legation was under fire. The Federal commander placed a battery of artillery by the British Legation in order to .'afford1 protection .1 ' . ,
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13649, 14 February 1913, Page 5
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99RENEWED FIGHTING. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13649, 14 February 1913, Page 5
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