The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

gether were engaged, the reDel au-
thors of the article admitting that
Velasco had 5000 and Villa 10000.
Out of his total of is, 600, 1900 were
killed or wounded, or about q per
cent of the whole disabled. This is
an unusually high rate of casualties.
story OF the Campaign.
In a resume of the chronological
story of the campaign he following
statements are made:
The federals seemingly paid little
attention TO the advancing rebels I'M
til they had reached Peronal. The
garrison at BeImejillo was taken by
surprise and on this account their
resistance was weakened materially.
The village Of Tiahualillo, thirty
seven miles northwest of Torreon.
was we'll defended by the federal
troops. The outposts fought ~valiantly
when the rebels left approached and
gave the main body in the village time
to for a serious resistance.
The attackers, led by Gen. EugeniO a
Benavides, had to fight three distinct
battles to capture the place. 1t was
this body, the Zaragoza brigade,
which did the heaviest work of the
campaign and lost 500 killed and
wounded out of a total of 1900.
After Villas telephone converse
ton March 20 with the feCerals from
Bermejillo he ordered a general ad-
vance and the rebel colonies began
converging on Torreon.
Villa Opens Attack.
On the right was Gen. Tomas Ur-
bina with 1000 men. In the center,
along the railroad, was Gen. Villa
with about 5000 men, and Gen.
Benavides took the left with 5000.
While Benavides had his hands full
driving the federals out of Sacra-
men and ~Tiahualillo, Villa swept
south and opened the tack on
Gomez Palacio, shortly before dark,
March %. rive thousand men and
first assault, which lasted fourteen
hours. Lerdo was taken by the
rebels, under Gen. M%onclovio Herr "a
on the 23d. Both Of these towns were
within eight miles Of Torreon.
"On March Is Villa ordered a con-
certed attack on Gomez Palacio, but
through some oversight the left wing
until the right and center had been
repulsed. This day was the saddest
Of all for the federals. as Gems. Pena
and Reyna were killed and Gen. Gear
rama wounded. These death evident
ly had their effect, for when morning
came on the 26th Gomez Palacio had
been evacuated and the federals had
into IOrreOn-
The day was spent in burying the
dead and preparing for the fina
struggle. The following day, March
II, Villa sent the British consular
representative, Cunard Cummins, tc
VelascO with a demand for the sur
render of TOrreOn, which was re
fused. On the 2Sth began the series
of assaults against the twelve forts
which the federals had erected or
fho III $500 49,
time until the 1St Of April, it was {
case of charge and countercharge
victory and defeat for both sides
Positions captured by the rebels dur
ing the night were retaken by thu
federals when daylight came.
Ten thousand rebels were besiegins
the city, but never more than 5000
were in action al the same time. A
various intervals the firing was gen
eral in every quarter, but it rarel,
lasted more than half an hour. One,
or twice the action was genera al
along the line.
Final Assault Lasts IL ours.
@ the night of April l Villa or
dered that the work Of driving tn,
federals out be pushed to the limi
and the final assault began. 1t last
ed twelve hours and was the mos
desperate Of all the attacks mad,
against the 1ederal positions. WheI
morning came, April 2, the fedora
artillery r~edoubled it's fire and, unde
cover of the rain of shrapnel poure,
into the rebels, Velasco slipped GU
of Canyon De Huarache and march
ed eastward with 5000 to 5000 me-
and several hundred Huerta sympa
thlZerS, including women and chill
dren.
1T is estimated that the ~constitu
Journalists shot ava 1900, 900 riff
bullets. LOO shrapnel shells and 800
dynamite bombs. The federals fire
5000 shells and approximately 3,
100000 rifle cartridges.
The rebel version of the campaig
was written by Col. Rogue Gonzale
! Cara, brother Of Federico Gonzale
Cara, legal adviser to the militar
commander in Juarez. He accom-
panied the army through the fghtins
= Attorney Porfirio Ramos Romero an
:, Prof. Enrique Perez Rul c~ollaborate
with Cara in writing the articl,
which was 0. KID by Villa befo1
. being sent to the border, where