The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-26
WAS BIG VICTORY
VIII Captured Zacntrcas With Il
Small Army.

w hHh Il
Small Army.
Znratccas. June "a Delayed over
military wires. General Villa
drove from IacatCca:; Il iurce ElcatIy
exceeding his own. according to Ollie
ial estimate. made late toury. Be
tween 10000 and 1i.0DD FederulS de-
tended the city, while the Constitu-
tioniiasls numbering about $4,000
employ little more than half their
number i1 the attacks o. four days.
Which IL. lltcd in victory for the Villa
troop. :ilo falling 0f hundreds of
prisoner: and munitions. and the de-
iloralized retient of the remnants of
General Iairous army.
The street fighting i'm Zacatecas
wa; the most severe Of tn. revolu-
tiOn. The Federal. fought from one
street to another, from house top to
ho'ite top. Many fcdcrals threw away
their uniforms and began sniping the
invaders Those who pleaded guilty
10 the offensc were sho: alter being
captured.
The Fcderals already on the retreat,
blew up minG in the customs house
without warming. killing women and
children. Mony Constitutionalists
who had entered the building also
were buried in the wreck OF the three
story structure. How many Of the
Federals escaped has not been learned.
Since the city had, been surrounetl, the
number cannot be, very great. A force
OF four thousand regulars, led by
Generals Pascuai Orozoco and G.
Fuentes arrived Saturday in Zacatecas
from hguus Calientes
On Sunday the firing started early
in the morning and lasted well into
the night. Little progress was made
by the rebels up to- Monday morning,
whom General villa arrived from Tor
1con. The firing that day started
early and continued again into the
night. The fire was directed against
the Hill La 3uffa. and ncighboring
hills. The Faderals that night pro-
tected their positions with powerful
searchlight and prevented night at
tack
On Tuestlny the fighting began at 10
a. m. and by & p. m., the city had
been taken. La Buffa fell after
street fighting had been In progress for
cometimc. All other Federal positions
had been carried during the morning.
after-g
Zncatecas. Mex, June 25.-After
four dnys OF preliminary Gghting, the
final assault on Zacatecns took place
Tuesday. resulting In the CT p;ure OF.
the city by the Constitution sli.,ts at
1880 p. m. The dead on the Federal
side, according to the official figures,
numbered 1000 ana 1000 wounded.
while the losses to the attacking side
are not stated definitely though Gener-
al Villa estimated his cnsualties at
500 dead and 500 wounded.
The battle was the most hotly con-
tested during the precent revolution,
Is the belief OF the, leaders here. Four
Il In sming zee
teen thousand Federal were entrcnch-
ed In s"emingly impregnable posi-
tionc. Five thousand prigohers were
captured by General Villas troops
Twelve cannon, nine military trains.
six thousand rifles and three carloads
OF cannon and rifle ammunition were
captured. The Fedcrals were reported
to have dynaMitcd many buildings Of
the city before evacuation, slaying
those Of Villas troops who had occu.
pied the building In the Etreet fight.
General villa himself gave the fol-
lowing account OF the, battle:
After four days OF hard attacks
Tuesdays was the decisive one. The
enemy numbering $4,000. commanded
by Medina Barron and five other gen
erals were defeated completely h- my
forces which were aided effectively
by General Natera's men. Up to this
moment. we have 5000 prisoners. IL
cannon, trains 2 carloads of rifle
ammunition and cannon shells and
nearly 6.000 Mauser rifles and a lnrge
quantity of provisions and other am-
, munition.
The enemy who escaped, went in the
direction Of Agus Calientes. after
tdynamiting the postof1ice and the
stamp revenue office buildings. The
, explosion killed many, or our men and
destroyed part OF the city. The dead
of the enemy number 1000 ana 1000
wounded
.'On our part. we cannot tell the
lofses OF the battle which lasted for
five days. but i think that there were
not more than 600. dead and. 800
wounded. Among the latter ar6
Generals Herrera and Rodriguez, who
was severity s,woundede Our artillry
operated spfehdidly. The, Federals
DESTROYED every fort. the last being
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