The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-28
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Gomez PalaciO. Mexico. March %
fro.rcon, > y. Nj -Four davt OF fight
ing. including three desperate assaults
hy the rebels. We're crowned with sue
I,ybsh to-day; when General Francisco
Mia moved into the city and cStaD-
lishcd his headquarters or that side
of the town looking toward Torrccn.
and within three miles OF that goal of
The nnai and deciding assault was
dchNered yesterdAy. II was preceded
fantry and cavalry dashed into the
street. RIFLES. machets. pistols and
hand grcnaGcs were used in :: hundred
different encounters.
General villa does not know his own
lo3S. except that IL was heavy. The
wounded suffered terribly from thirst.
and many died for lack OF water and
surgical attention. The dead OF both
sides were piled In the streets. or hud-
died under adobe houses or corrais,
wrecked by rebel shclls Veterans say
10 more furious battle ever was fought
in Mexico.
slider his losses. hut began, prepara-
tons to move on Torreon. He expects
10 cooperate with 1000 men under Cen
cral Herrera. who is under orders TO
attack the town from the east.
Newspaper correspondents We're per
Wit,sd to entsr tAs Gity with villa,
cuinG the injured and taking them TO
the railroad.
W"undcd Soldiers on Field.
The day was hot and the air reck ed
with the smell OF stale blood Those
with flesh wounds refused to desert.
among the troops on the field.
Villas first assault in force took
place four days ago. There was com
parativcly a small number of F0dcrais
in the city and premature reports Of
victory were sent out. Soon, however.
Tho Fcdcrals received reinforcements,
and in the desperate lighting whicl. FOL :
lowed the rebels had rather the worst
of 1t. and General villa Withdrew,
The n.%t day. Wednesday. General
the city all day and part Of tho night,
iila had learned that the ,'cderal
commander, General Nclasco, was con-
certing his force IN the town, and him :
self was in the trenches inspiring the
men. and tho rebel leader under cover
of the bombardmcnt concentrated every
available man for n fresh assault
This was delivered Wednesday night,
hut was not decisive. although the
rebels held tho stone roundhousc and
few other natural defcnses in the
Last night the third and final assault
WAS delivered General villa grimy
hnnhkerchief about his neck. rode up
and down the lines swearing ana ,cnccr-
ing. .cursinc and calling on the saints
AT times he apparently was calm and
urged his men forward, and all seemed
TO realize that the attack was the
confused blur Of blood and fire Men
in their diving Nagouies pleaded for
water or cried out quaveirng vivas.
or delirionS prayers to our lady OF
Guadalupe
Injured salute vHln.
:, On the way into the city from FL
the. streets OF the town itself. General
Villa was constantly called on to re-
turn the salutes OF the. wounded
Some of them We're limping, not to
the rear, but to the front. to catch up
with their comrades some already
placed on hospital trains LEFT and re-
~ nI f.Clt dc. ~ 4,
gaining consciousness as they We're be-
ing borne away In litters, cursed their
woTld-be rescucrs, ana joined the scat
tered procession following in the train
Viva villa!" Viva Madcro." "viva
II Constitution!'' they cried.
The remarkable endurance OF these
peonS and their obscssion to return to
the front greatly impressed the .\mcri-
cans in the train Of General villa There
were. men with deep gashes across their
checks, men with great masses of flesh
torn from their backs or sides. in uni
forms literally soaked with blood; with
arms and legs torn and laceratod and
blood matted hair pasted over their
eyes.
city were the first to receive assistance
but the small hospital corps, although
working heroically. was totally made
assaults or had been slain by Federal
shells We're buried first
AZ every water car station there
sight of tho dying the bodies of the
dead were dragged into shallow
trenches
many of the bodies piled in tho streets.
ms decomposition sets in rapidly here
and the business of lighting requires
anxious that the doad shall be disposed
OF Immediately to avoid pestilence.
In the course of the battle there were
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