The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-26
HUERTA'S ARMY BADLY BEATEN
ConstltutionaIists Control Every
important State in Chihuahua
MANY PRISONERS ARE TAKEN

III Paso. Texas Nov 26.-Approxi-
mately seven hundred federal prison
ors arrived early this morning by spe-
oial train from Sierra Blanca. Most
of them are privates who are said t.
have been deserted on the field by
their officers.
All the hospitals in Juarez are
crowded. ana reports of hospital trains
coming in from the front indicate that
before night thousand wounded will
have arrived.
Again it is reported that federal
General Salazar has been captured and
is being brought to Juarez
The last shot fired at Bauche last
night marked the close of the biggest
and most stubbornly fought battle
recorded ON North American soil
since the civil war. More men were
engaged, the line of battle extended
further and there were more dead in
the battle of TERRA Blanca than in any
other I'm the history of Mexico.
That the fcderals will not attempt
To Ieorgauize their disabled forces is
generally conceded i'm Juarez. They
have been cut off from the United
States border on the north and from
the rest of Mexico on the south. The
rebels control nearly every important
state in Chihuahua and the state CAPT
tai is completely isolated. The fcderals
now in Chihuahua City will be forced
to surrender or starve. They are des-
titutc of ammunition
Villa Will Pursue Federsls.
That the rebels defending Juarcz
consider all danger of further attack
from the federals us past. was evil
dcnccd this morning by the work of
digging up mines near the Juarez
Jockey club, which will open the racing
season tomorrow, and the destruction
of barbed wire defenses. General Villa
still maintained this morning that the
iederals were i'm "full and shameless
retreat" over the hills, their trains and
field pieces being in his possession. n
train Of four hundred federal prisoners
is expected in JuarcI momcntarily
No firing was heard south of Juarcz
up to o'clock this morning Thus, it
appears, after thirty hours of lighting
the rebels hold the border city without
dispute.
villa said he would pursue the fed
erals. lie maintained the rebel force
bcSeiging Chihuahua would prevent
the retreating federalS from making
their way back into the state capital.
If Villa has captured all its trains, the
federal army is left without food or
transportation I'm desert 200 miles
from it's base II is estimated that the
total dead in the battle is about 200
and the wounded many moro than this.
This is mere guess work as no Ameri-
cans have been over the field aud fog
cuslruuds everything
The American Red Cross failed to re-
spund To the rebel appeals for aid. Am
crican doctors are willing to help care
for the wounded, but have little to
work with. IN several instances wound
ed men were seen to cut bullets from
their own flesh with pocket knives.
Villas chief of staff Juan Medina
gives the rebel wounded at $50, and the
Gead about the same.
Indifferent to Pain.
The suffering OF the wounded rebels
brought to Juarcz were borne Wlth
stoiCal indifference and fortitude.
Scarcely Il groan or twitch of the face
were seen. Gaping wounds I'm the
head or chest or limos dangling from
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