And as each craft was taken, the victorious rebels moved on to reinforce their comrades on board another stricken warship.

Throughout the city of Prisarte, there was wild celebration among the victorious rebels.

For those families who now found life unendurable under the victorious rebels, a way out was opened.

His plantation, also, had been preempted by the victorious rebels.

The victorious rebels formed a government that abolished the military.

Indians who had allied with the victorious rebels chased down many of the fugitives and slaughtered them.

People in the town claimed that hundreds of cars were stolen by victorious rebels, driven away packed with refrigerators, televisions and other property.

It was inevitable that victorious rebels from Tigre province would enter the city, he said.

The victorious rebels issued a provisional constitution, the Plan de Iguala.

The victorious rebels formed a government junta that abolished the military altogether, and oversaw the drafting of a new constitution by a democratically elected assembly.