The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-26
Combined Forces of Villa
and Natera Required
to Gust Huerta
Forces
FEDERALS LOSE 1000
KILLED AND ABOUT
2OO0 ARE WOUNDED
Was Fiercest Battle of Revolution and
Many Heroic Deeds Were Per-
formed-ViIla's Troops Capture
Large QUANTITIES of
Ammunition

Saitliio, June <4.-ttfa Lafeuos AcA',
June 25)--GeneraI Carranxa here to-
day received n dispatch from the jefe
de armas at Torreon telling him TINT
Mt 9 o'clock Wednesday night. Zaca-
tecas fell before the combined forces of
villa and Natera. The report added
that the entire federal garrison with
slight exceptions was captured and
with them n quantity of cannon, ma
chine guns and other munitions of
war.
The federal loss In killed and wound-
ed was said to be heavy, ns was that
of the constftutionalists. Details of the
assault, which undoubtedly involved
the taking by storm of La Buffa. a
heavily fortified hill commanding the
town, were not given.
There was no mention In the dis
patches ms to the fnte of Gen. Medina
Barron, the federal commander at
Zacntecas.
Zacatecas, June 24.-(Delayed Over Mil
itary Wires )-Gen. Villa drove from Zaca-
tecas a force greatly exceeding his own,
according to official estimates made late
today Between L, 1000 and 1900 federals
defended the city, while the constitu-
tionalists numbering about 1900 could
employ little more than one-half their
number in the attacks of four days,
which resulted in victory for the Villa
troops the taking of hundreds of prison
ers and munitions and the demoralized
retreat of the remnants of General Bar
/. rons army.
Benjamin Argumedo and Antonio Rojas,
( formerly Orozco rebel leaders, but now
generals of federal irregular troops, were
..illed last Saturday on the outskirts of
Zacatecas, according to announcement
from General Villas headquarters today.
The street fighting in Zacatecas was the
most severe of the revolution. The fed
erals fought from street to street. from
housetop. to housetop. Many federals
threw away their uniforms and began
guilty of this offense were shot after
being captured.
BLOW UP HOUSE
WITHOUT WARNING
The federals, already on the retreat,
blew up mine in the customs house
without warning women and children.
Many constitutionalists who had entered
the building also were buried in the
sswreck of the three-story structure. How
many federals escaped has not been
learned. Since the city had been sur
rounded the number cannot be great. A
force of 1000 irregulars, led by Generals
Pascual Orozco and c. Fuentes, arrived
Saturday in Zacatecas from Aguas
Calientes.
Though General Thomas Urbina Friday
had taken Veta Grande, the main adj
vance position of the federals, it was not
until last Monday that an attack on
the inner defense could be made. This
line consisted of extensive entertainments
and redoubts. On Sunday the firing
started early in the morning and lasted
we'll into the night. Little progress was
made by the rebels up to Monday morn
ing, when General Villa arrived from
aTorreon. The firing that day started
1early and continued again into the night.
The fire was directed against the hill,
La Buffa, and neighporIng hills. The
federals that night protected their posi-
tions with a powerful searchlight and
prevented a night attack.
EIGHT HOURS
OF FIGHTING
\ On Tuesday the fighting began at 10
a. m. and by 6 p. m. the city had been
taken. Early in the afternoon Ell Refugi
51ill, commanding the road into Zacatecas,
was taken by the constitutionalists La
Buffa fell after street fighting had been
in progress for sometime. All other fed
eral positions had been carried during