Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-11-28
OVER THOUSAND KILLED
IN MEXICAN BATTLE

were killed Ia Mondays : and Iues-
days lighting between rebels ana /
federals south OF here than in any I
Mexican battle since the American
invasion was the most definite IN
formation to be obtained early TO-
day from Colonel Juan Medina, COM
mandlng at Juarez in General Villa's
absence.
Medina would not hazard even
guess as to the figures, but soldiers
who were in the fight said the num-
ber OF killed alone must be well
above 1000.
villa was expected back from the
front this afternoon with detailed
information.
Villa sent by telegraph to Medina
last night the following news Of the
outcome Of the engagement
u have the satisfaction OF an
nouncing to you that my forces have
routed the federals Besides defeat
ing the enemy, we have captured all
his artillery and three of his trains.
The federal forces are now In dis
graceful retreat TO the southwark %
There was no intimation in Villas
dispatch that the rebels were pur-
suing the fugitiyes
The battle of Terra Blanca, as 1t
was referred to by rebels today, last
ed altogether from a few minutes af-
ter 4 o'clock Monday afternoon until
about z o'clock Tuesday night. Cen
eral Marcelo Carayeo, who led the
federals in their attempts TO turn
the rebel right wing, was both first
and last in the iield He opened the
engagement with reckless assault
upon the enemy at Bauche and SEEM
ed for time likely to crumple the
latter's line by the fury of his attack.
The rebels, reinforced, finally beat
him back temporarily, but through
out the entire battle he and his men
hammered steadily away at the foe,
except for three or four hours sleep
on the field Monday night, until long
after dusk Tuesday.
BY this time the federal center
was in full fight, and their right
wing, under General Salazar at Ear
agoza, had been nearly wiped out.
This allowed the rebels to concen-
trate their forces on Caraveo Re-
inforced from their center and left
wing, they rushed him savagely.
Heavily outnumbered, and with
his force greatly weakened by q
hours of almost continual fighting,
the enemy's final charge was too
much for the federal commander
His retreat was brisk, though more
orderly than that of any other part
of the beaten army. The federal
center began to wayer late Tuesday.
The men fell back upon their troop
trains in tolerabe order, but when
II was discovered that rebel scouts,
Ranking them, had torn up the rail-
road track, so that the trains could
not be moved, panic began, the fed
erals fleeing helter-skelter in the
direction of Chihuahua City, with the
rebels for some distance in hot pur-
suit. General Salazar and his fed
erals at Zaragoza received their
quietus- reports varied as to wheth-
er or not Salazar himself was killed
quite early Tuesday. Some of the
force escaped under cover of a bat
terry of artillery, which the rebels
subsequently captured, but the bulk
of 1t was cut to pieces
To the west of Zaragoza the leder-
al right kept up the battle until 2
or 3 p. m, when the rebels began
forcing them TO the southWestward
toward their center, and finally
drove them to disorderly flight.
With their troop trains useless,
the fleeing federals all along their
line were forced to abandon all i'm
pedimenta and their provisions, such
ammunition as was left, thirty can
non, twenty machine guns and hun
dreds of horses, falling to the rebels.
Many of the men even threw away
their rifles, which the rebels gather
ed up in great quantities
Though 1t was expected General
villa would deny it, there was no
question that many federal prisoners
were executed on the field Stories
were heard of patches Of as many as
80 or 40 shot down together.