Identifier: carranzamexico01forn (find matches)
Title: Carranza and Mexico
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Fornaro, Carlo de, 1871-
Subjects: Carranza, Venustiano, 1859-1920
Publisher: New York, M. Kennerley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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most of the campaigns In the north of Mex-^^ ico, where the strategic objectives are theborder towns, so the campaign of General Gonzalezwas fought, first for the possession of Piedras Ne-gras (Ciudad Porfirio Diaz), Nuevo Laredo, Ca-margo and Matamoros, and later for the controlof Tamaulipas. The first battle of the revolution against Huertawas fought at Anhelo and ended in a defeat. ThenVenustiano Carranza, with his brother Jesus Car-ranza, and Pablo Gonzalez, took Piedras Negras. Huerta, as well as his generals, were of the opin-ion that if Carranza was captured and shot, it wouldend the constitutionalist revolution then and there.Therefore, they concentrated all their efforts uponPiedras Negras, which was defended by four hun-dred men. More than 9,000 Federals were sentagainst them, and although the revolutionists wereforced to leave, the enemy did not succeed In cap-turing the leaders. Then Pablo Gonzalez, with the help of JesusCarranza, roamed all over the States of Coahuila 142
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GENERAL PABLO GONZALEZ Chief of the Eastern Division Campaign of General Gonzalez in the East 143 and Nuevo Leon defeating over twenty Federal gar-risons and capturing the much needed arms and am-munition, which were so scarce and hard to get atthe beginning of the struggle. It is a fact worth noticing that, in the three cam-paigns in the North, Centre and South, the revo-lutionists captured many cities, and then departed.To the lay mind it seems absurd to fight so hardto capture a city, and then to let it go almost im-mediately without even waiting for the Federals toretake it. Nevertheless, it was good tactics. TheFederal garrisons offered big stores of war material,while the cities supplied them with food, clothingand money. Monterrey was attacked twice without success,and there was no chance of victory until Torreon,Piedras Negras, Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros andTampico were in the hands of Pablo Gonzalez.When that was done, Monterrey was automaticallyevacuated by the Federals. Tampic

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