Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-30
Rebels Have Apparently Failed to Capture the City
 and May Have Been Repused
GEN. VILLA REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED
Wounded Soldier at Chihuahua Insists That He Saw Rebel Chief Wounded, Declaring That News is Being With held-German Military Observer Tells How Rebels Were Entrapped at Gomez Palacio-Carranza at Juarez.

Chihuahua, Mexico, March 29- Such news as reached here from the front today was unfavorable to the rebels. Wounded rebel soldiers con- tinued to arrive by train, bringing tht number now here to 5SS. Several hun dred other wounded were being pro- vided for at Jiminez, and patches Of wounded were distributed at ParraI and Santa Rosilie.
 This evidence of the SanSuinary con- f1ict at Torreon, with the suggestion that the list of dead on the rebel side necessarily would be great tend to make headquarters reticent about the pro- gress of the battle The officers ad- mitted that they had received des- patches from the front, but they de- clined to reveal the contents.
 Villa Reported Wounded.
 The report originated from one of the hospitals, after more wounded came in, that General Francisco Villa had been wounded slightly and com pelled to retire from the front. The report was based merely on the word of wounded soldier, who, however, insisted he had seen Villa wounded. He declared that for moral effect. the news was withheld from the ranks of the rebel army.
 4 German military observer who ar rived today from the front said:
 "The federal army lured us right in to Gomez Palac1o, suburb to the north of Torreon, before they opened fire. Then they let loose such 8 hail of rifle and machine gun shot as would have completely demorahzed an or dinary Mexican army. The men fell by the score A cotton bale platform by the railroad tracks was so covered with dead rebels that one could not walk across it without stepping on a body. General Villa had such a large army that he felt he codld afford to saeri- fee many men to get a foothold. AL most the whole ZaragoZa brigade, un- der AgUrre BeneaYides, was thus wiped out tlthough I think General BenaTides escaped.
 A Surprise to Rebel Troops.
 The shock and surprise to the rebel troops who had expected to scare the federals and walk into Torreen with little fighting. resulted In a temporary withdrawal. Three or four days Of fighting, up to the time left failed to bring about any results"
 An elaborate three days programme for the reception of General Carranza on his arrival was abandoned in part today, because of the presence here of go many wounded It is believed here that General Carra11Za will not come to Chihuahua until he is satisfied that General Villa. will remain in the south. as meeting of the two revolutionary leaders is not looked upon as oppor- tune at this time.
 A Northern Republic.
 General Villas delay in taking Tor heon, it is said, has revived the be- lief that, should the Huerta forces drive him north, something in the na- lure Of a northern republic embracing the states bordering on the United States will be established. The plan Of separating the north from the south of Mexico has long been contemplated by some of the rebel leaders.
 They contend that the north and so7Ith in the last half century have de- veioped along different lines. both po- Hdcally and industrially
 Unless decisive results are achieved soon the financial affairs of the rebel territory will reach a crisis, according to men in authority Six million pesos fin fiat money are in circulation in the states of Chihuahua, Durango and parts of Zacatecas and this money is steadily decreasing in purchasing DOW
 Terrazss Still in Danger
 Despite assurances given by Gov @rnor Chao to the state department That Luis TezTazas, Jr- would be ex- ecuteG 1t was learned definitely here that Terrszas was threatened with ex- ecution twice within the last eight days He was saved within 24 hours on one occasion only through the ef- forts Of representative of a foreign country. who pleaded all one night that the prisoner be given an extension of three days The three days extension was granted and later through anoth- CT Influence the talk of execution was temporarily dropped.