Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-06
SUALTIES AT
VICTORIA so
kUGEES SAY NEARLY 10000 MEN
7UGHT THREE. DAYS. BUT
ARCH REVEALED LESS THAN
ALE HUNDRED KILLED.
2ABAGO EVACUATED
EFT VICTORIA WITH ALL But
;. WHO LAID DOWN THEIR
MS AND SAID THEY WOULD
HIT NO MORE.

tory of how nearly ten thousand mel
ed ut Victoria, Mexico, almost three
without losing more than fifty men,
with q total Of not more than two
red wounded. was told by American
.ritish refugees who arrived mere
Victoria yesterday. When four nun
of his men laid down their arms and
uneed they would fight no more. Gen
,abago. the federal commander called
her as many citizens as he could
!. and told them he would have TO
ON the town.
herring his troops from the four
of Victoria in which they had been
NO. on the night Of November Is, he
" evacuated Victoria, going west
igh the only opening left by the Con
ionalists, Notwithstanding their be-
hat they had the city surrounded.
wing his force Of more than twelve
feKwere more than 4 thousand men,
N and children who were flcing from
4 they believed to be the tCrrOrS of
: in a city occupied by the rebels.
$ move to cvacuatc waS made en-
without the knowledge Of the con
ionalistS. who were under the inn
ion that il was impossible for the
us To escape. The hpSiegcrS aWOke
4eXt morning to find the defending
gone. and to become aware Of the
that Victoria had been theirs SIX
/, without their having known of it..
Force of constituti0naliSts was at
despatched to the west to Oycrtakc
Rderal force, and after fifteen miles
oh the mountains they anne upon
hundreds of men. women and chill
huddled together in the bare noun
q without food or shelter. The citi-
mad fed in hacks. buggicS. carts, and
conveyance they could find. and hun
co them were afOOt. unable to 90
.er. and many Of them were starving.
e men. women and children had left
ria with General Rabago and his
ky in the lead. and they were fol
4 by a company of eighty infantry.
!, infantry was captured by the on
n, slists. and taken back to Victor
With the non combatantS.
hattle started at SeVcn-thirty
YSunday morning. November six
and the first attack was made
asst a stone store building about a
and a half from the city. This build
adj been taken by the fedcralS for a
.cks. 1t was StOrmcd by the ConStl-
~lalistS under General Luis Cabal-
now the military governor, and the
ais were forced to abandon it in
order for 4 fort on the north side
e city.
le shell well placed was all that was
gsary to rout the fedcralS from the
of the fort. and they took TO 4
field. where they barricadcd them
S behind 4 fence With the aid of ar
" and machine guns they managed
4 this position until the end of the
Tuesday night.
.ording TO the refugees. the combat
forces were at no time nearer each
than a mile and n half.
raj Cesario Castro began the at
the west with his force of about
Ousand. and thereafter the five
al constitutionaliStS that were to
4.art in the siege combined in as
= the four federal strongholds 81
,ously from their positions.
ederal force. il was claimed by
Rabago before the battle. mum
eihteen hundred of which 500
ldiers. The balance comprised a
one thousand citizens. organized
the regulars. and known rs the
in Socialcs." some Of whom fought
cir own houses. Many Of these
ttured by the cOnStitutionaliSts.
and of the second days fight, the
w ndred fcderalS. including the reg
I'd volunteers, gave mp their arms
lounced their decision to take no
part in the fight. This caused
to decide that since he was great
1mbercd he must cvacuate or Snf
re defeat. and possibly annihlla-
%.efucees state that the constitu-