The pictures on this page sho'v the dest1uction of Nuevo coincident excite1nent caused by tl1e firi11g and dynamiting of

I.11rt>do, !\1exico, op1)osite tl1is city> beginning at noon on April tlae town and tl1e excl1n.nging of shots \Vitl1 the An1cric~1ns ca11se<J
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r"ceivcd from tl1 eir cl1ief in l\i[exico City, apr)lie<.l the to1ch to ceived orders to atta.ck and destroy La.J'< Hl1), rexas, but h.ad n1i,,.

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DESTRUCTION O F THE CITY OF NUEVO LAR~DO, MEXICO, BY FLAMES, APRIL 24, 1914. Rebels Hung to Tree.
tl1e city on tllC' Tuiexicuu si<le of tl1e ]tio Gra11de, an<.l \Vl1ile tl1e constr1ted the telegra111 and i1n1nediatcly applie<l tt1e tC.)t'Ct1 tr~
l'l :1111c s wer e <Lt i ltcir 11cigl1t tlte IIuerta soltlicrs bcga11 tltcir de tl1cir O\VD city. Afterwards tl1e Carraneistus occ1lpieu N11evn
r~ ariurc 011 a speeial tr<1in, but not uutil so111e of tl1c1n went to L~1led1l after several failures to capture it \Vitl1 4Jisa,s trous losse~ .
Lite ltio G ra11<lc l>a11lcs and excl1u11ged a few shots witll a s111a.ll Ce:ncral Guardiola directed his o\vn exeet1tiorl by Cn,rran cista.~
il<lllttd of tl1e Nintl1 U. S. Infar1try on gt1ard at a point near tlt< ~tllout a yea1 ago and General Qt1intana is no\V 111aking Ii i~ 110111'
i r1t ernr1tional railroad bridge. No f<itt11ities occl1r1cd, but t l11J j11 tl1e United States.

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