The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-04-04
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most DESPERATE
Of REVOLUTION
FEDERALS RETREAT AFTER THE
FEARFUL LOSSES SUFFERED
DURING FIGHTING.
VILLA NOW MAN OF THE HOUR
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Never Since the Madero Celebration
Has Jaurez Gone SO Nearly Mad
With Enthusiasm as When the
News of Victory was Announced.

Torreon, Mexico, April 2-Torreon
strewn with victims OF six-day bat
tie, was occupied by General Villas
rebels last night while the federals
fled. The capture marks the climax
OF the first campaign of tle revolution
to ust"Wfetoriano Huerta from Mex
leo City 1t gives the Constitutional
lists virtual control over the whole
northern tier of Mexican States.
The fighting began last F. iday and
was almost continuous. At frst Gen
eral Villa attempted assaults on the
strong federal positions in daylight,
but these proved costly, SO the days
were spent in canonading ard the
nights in assaults.
Positions were taken and lost time
and time again. Several night at
tacks sent the federals scurryfng rom
strong positions, but at daybreak tuo
captors would be compelled to aban-
don them because of the strength and
accuracy of the enemy's artillery fire,
much of which was said to have been
ners.
Losses have not been compiled, but
General Villa estimates his own loss
es at five hundred killed and one
thousand and five hundred wounded
and the federal loss at one thousand
killed and two thousand and five hun
dred wounded, with an unknown num-
Der of prisoners.
General Villa believes the federals,
whom his cavalry is pursuing to the
south, form but remnant of the
Huerta force, whose loss he says pro-
badly is close to being total. All the
subordinate generals have not yet re-
ported, however, and until they do
just how many were captured cannot
be accurately stated.
The battle line was four miles long
and the field was outlined by three
great hills formed like a carpenters
square, at either end of which lay
the towns of Gomez Palacio and Tor
reon
There were about ten thousand men
in each army. The federals had for
titled the hills with rifle pits, trenches
and barb wire entanglements. The
nature of the ground made it difficult
to recover the wounded, and many of
them died of thirst and hunger or
lack of attention where they fell. Au-
tomobiles were employed in rescue
work, but they could not ascend the
hill Sides
Some of the fiercest fighting oc-
Cured in the hills south of Gomez
Palacio and west of Torreon. It rag
ed furiously in the Canon de Huar-
ache, where the federals made their
last desperate stand and from which
they finally fled followed by a col
umn of General Villas horse.
Twice the rebels took two of the
hills only to lose them, but all the
time the attack grew more menacing
as General Villas men, fighting from
all sides except the west, drew the
circle closer about the enemy
The Federals used huge rockets.
which were shot to a great height,
exploding in the air and letting down
hail of buckshot.
On the fourth day of the fight the
intense suffering from heat and thirst
was relieved by rain thought to
have been brought on by the heavy
4sring. During the battle scouts
brought word that Federal reinforce
ments from Monterey were approach
ing on the east. General Herrera was
sent against them and later reported
that he had sent them scurrying into
the hills.
Great supplies of food, ammunition
and artillery and stores of cotton fell
into the rebel hands by the capture.
Jaurcz Mad With Enthusiasm.
Jaurez, Mexico. April 3-Interest
here today was divided in speculation
as to Villas future movements and