The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-03
Gen. Carranza Announces Success of Villa in Taking the Federal Stronghold
 After Bloody Battle
FALL FOLLOWS HEAVY FIGHTING
 THROUGHOUT DAY
Meagre Bulletins Excitedly Announce Nictory-First Assault Was Be- gun Just One Week Ago To-
 day-News Causes Riot
 in Streets of Juarez

Gomez, Palacio. Mexico. April ,. General Villa occupied Torreon to- night. Some of the federals who had been fighting on the outskirts of the town fled but large number who had been defending the barracks and street barricades were captured. The soldiers were exhausted from fighting and when it became known that the enemy had been routed most of them fell asleep in the streets wherever they were. The streets are filled with dead and wounded.
 Juarez, Mexico. April 2.-1orreon fell completely into the hands of the rebels at 1920 o'clock tonight. ac- eording to an announcement made Carranza.
 The news first was announced to the world when the hugler in front of Car ransa's residence blew the stacatto notes of victory The paen carranza said was sounded here even before 1t was heard in Torreon, Villa delaying out of com pliment to his chief
 The mengre bulletins eNcitedly announce ing victory after the bloodest series of battles known to modern Mexico said that Villa captured a larger number of prisoners. and that the fleeing federal remnant was being pursued
 Vol. tb der was captured was not stated. There was heavy fighting today if is under stood. a1ed the end came when. after eap- turing the three reinaininf barraclSs held in the city by the fedefals. the rebels stormed the trenches and parbed wire entanglements Of Canyon De Guaraehe. Defenders Captured
 The prisoners captured are believed to have been the defenders of the barracks, while the troops in the canyon which forms an egress from the hll-girt city were able ,o escape.
 The campaign against the federal stronghold of Torreon. the main obieee Of the rebel campaign, began suddenly two weeks ago. after General Villa had spent months in making the most care ful preparations.
 The rebel loss in this campaign is said 10 be more than 200 in killed and woand- ed. Trains loaded with wounded have been arriving daily at Chihuahua for the last week.
 Villa Moves Rapidly
 The rebel commander moved with rapidity hitherto unknown In Mexican warfare He worked his men in shifts. and us one shift became exhausted ne sent fresh hosts against the enemy.
 A number of small towns of lesser ini- portance in military sense fell first Mapim Noe and Sacramento-w where .l bloody battle was fought This opened u path for the main attack
 Next came Herdo and Gomez Paleclo. populous suburbs of Torreon. and all three connected by belt street ear line. Ierdo was not defended, but it took thfee main assaults in which the rebels lvsl heavily to lake Gomez Palaeio.
 Tn the final attack on the city troops were withdrawn from Lerdo, whereunon the federals occupied it and another sanguinarN conflict was necessary io re- take 1t.
 Last Friday. six days ago General Monclovio Herrera, with his own bripads and part of Benavides Zaragonza DrIsade of veterans, made the first lash l s.Gust Torreon lie entered by the east ana penetrated tu the bull tins north rf the center of the town before he was checked.
 Street fighting. in which hand grenades were the most useful weapons used. fol- lowed
 General Villa then at Gomez Palaeio.
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