The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-03
|vfLLA. RIFLE IN 10
HAND. LEADS TROOPS
ON 10 VICTORY

ON 40 VICTORY
(CsetisusA 49, Pass o.,
campaign. Ten thousand rebels, In >
frenzy of enthvsiasm. fought al OF
Saturday night and Sunday In the
|opou. yelling like demons ana eneour.
AGED 20 advance on the federal en-
refreshments under n witheriuG hHe. ~
tina presence icu the flrlng Tine OF vtua
himself. Armed with ri6o and car.
|rying no insignia OF bis h104 once.
the commander fought IKE any COM
mon soldier. >r.,s, s.sf
Before the Hna) assault on ToEreon
beean ~ g o'clock Saturday night
ville rode along the rebel line pointing
lot Torreon.
"Thsfe. II Tofreoh. We must take
II tonight. Will you follow me into
It, connrAdes?" he cried.
Yes, yes" came the answer In .
thunder OF cheers.
I'VE viii die for you. General"
"Esta bueno.' said Wills simply.
LET us 60" '. s
Ore leaped from the rebel rifles on al
sides Of tho besieged city, and the bis
guns OF the attackers began TO boom.
hurling shell after shell against the
doomed garrison. The federel artil-
lsry was not idle. nor were the federal
rifemen> Inactive. Villas men advanc-
ed steadily. Although CREST caps were
torn through their ranks by the burst
ing federal shrapnol, they never fai.
tered, Yells Of rage and curses, rose
from them. but they coptinued 70 I'd.
vance. A't
Rebel o6icers everywhere fell from
their saddles and riderless horses be-
gan TO plunge! through the ranks OF
the advancing hosts.
Before. the attack was an hour old.
wounded rebels began the attempt. to
get to the rear, some, weeping. others
cursing, all dsploring the fate which
prevented them from participating ID
the hnal triumph OF the constitutions
list forces: ssg's -
A correspondent came upon one
young rebel onlcer whose left arm was
torn. to shreds by = shrapnel. He Was
Attempting with his otner hand to
Staunch the now Of blood. He was
wild with disappointment.
81 don't mind my arm 50 much" ne
said, but am sorry to miss oil the
fun" tH
step By step. street By street. VII
las army entered the town from all
sides. They fought from house 70
house through barricaded street after
barrtcaded. street, until the forces got
90 close, to each, other that villa had
to order his artillery to cease firing In
order TO- prevent killing his own men.
villa himself was everywhere and
everywhere he was greeted with wi.
yas.' audible above the din OF 10000
rides. VIZ
The federal artillery meantime con.
tinues it, steady are. but many Of
their shells overshot the mark. princt.
pally because Of the rapid advance OF
the rebels towards the center Of the
city. Hand grenades hurled By both
sides wrought havoc In the ranks OF
both armies. So close had the fighting
become sthat fSderals, stationed On
house. tops, In several places actually
caught IN Mid-Air bombs thrown at
them bx the enemy and hurled them
back e. the rebels heads.
I ThiSs sort .of faghting continued mn
I'll sunday night 81. Y. u 49, !. ~ 80
TIE federSl, garriSon. sighting 49,
perae0ly. WAS gradually driven back
towards the center OF the city. deSert-
Ing the barbados and taking refuge
In the ,cuaEtels Of the: town: There
they remained and fought with great
yavagery, and n nearly every. case Il
was neccsSary for the rebels 70 sex-
terminate each separate. party before
a cuartSl could be taken. /.
Sunday night villa took the bull
ring. smeIter and. larger Quartet In
the southern portion Of the city. -
well az number OF federal strong.
holds which had been fortified By the
piling Of cotton bales about. them.
Since these successes. the city mas
been practically In the possession OF
the rebels; although fighting .continued
throughout the week. Gen. velaaco
remained. In .ons OF the principal Guar
tells until Tuesday, when he retroated
u Canon del, GuArache, defending y
,valiantly. until last night. 1890
/ throughout the whole nghttng,
which ended last night, villas troops
have shown reckless bravery.
villa today estimated his casualties
In tn nnAl hrhting q 500 dead and
4 500 wounded. He lost 800 killed IN
SUNDAY snighrs ,Aghting alone. The
federal loeSeo SATURDAY night and Sum
day are known to have been 1,400
wounded, and At least 800 corpses
we're sf6dnd insthe streets after the
night. RI sas
Asked BY correspondents today to-
estimate the total loss. u the, whole
campaign, villa laughed and said:
Il. cannot estimate 4. but you will
not 90 tar wrong II You say the fed
eral loss was total"
While hundreds o. prisoners. Of war
dead, digging trenches end rebuilding
the ratlfoAd nom Bernijillo % Go
meg Palacio and Torreon. II was not
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