Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-26
MORE THAN 5000 SLAIN AND HURT
 AT ZACATECAS Battle Resulting in Capture of Stronghold by Rebels
 Bloodiest of War.
FEDERALS LOSE
 MORE THAN 4, 900
Besides This Number of Dead. 1,0tN Other HuprtiStaS are Wounded
 Villa Estimates His Losses at
 300 Dead and 800 Wounded.

1 Zacatecas, Mexico, June 25.-More than 4,0O0 were killed and wounded during the four-day battle of Zacate- cas, ending last night with the cap
 ture of the city by General Villa's cGis- stitutional army The federal loss was 4,ooO dead and 2,ooo wounded while General Villa places his casual ties at 300 dead and 1000 wounded.
 The recruits, under General Medina Barron, defended their positions stub bornly. But they finally were over come by the force of General Vilia and General Eatera. The constitu- tionalist soldiers sealed hill after hi'' killing and wounding thousands of federals and suffering heavy losses themselves So far it ha sbeen i'm possible to obtain an accurate estimate of losses on both sides.
 The heaps of dead on the mountain
 sides and in the city bore testimony to the ferocity of the fighting.
 That the battle was the most hotly contested during the present revolu- ton is the belief of leaders here. 1 Fourteen thousand federals were en- trenched in seeming impregnable po- sitions Five thousand prisoners were I captured by General Villas troops. Twelve cannon. nine military trains, 1 5000 rifles and three carloads of can- non and rifle ammunition were cap | tured. The federals were reported to have dynamited many buildings of the city before evacuating, staying those
 of Villas troops who had occupied the buildings in the street fighting.
 Villas Account of Battle. General Villa personally gave the following account of the battle:
 After fn=r days of hard attacks today's battle was the decisive one.
 The enemy, numbering 14,000, com
 manded by Medina . Barron and five 1 other generals, were defeated com pletely by my forces, which were aid- ed effectually by General Netar's men. Up to this moment we have 5000 prisoners, twelve cannon, nine trains two carloads of rifle ammunition and
 cannon shells and nearly 6,000 Mauser rifles and large quantity of provis-
 ions and other munitions of war.
 "The enemy, who escaped, went Tn the direction of Aguas Calientes after dynamiting the postoffice, the state 1 treasurer's office and the stamp reve-
 nue office buildings. The explosions
 killed many of our menand destroyed
 part of the city. The dead of the en-
 cmv number about 4,0O0, with 2.Oo0
 wounded.
 "On our part we cannot tell the
 losses of the battle, which lasted for
 five consecutive days, but l think there are not more than 800 dead and
 SCo wounded. Among the latter are Generals Berrera and Rodriguez, who
 were severely wounded. Our artillery
 operated splendidly. The federals de, stroyed every fort, the last being Fl i Grillo."
 Rebels Advance Under Heavy Fire. | General Villa was in the can of the attacking party. Five members or his staff were wounded. The number o. constitutionalist officers killed or wounded was unusually great. Gen. Trinidad Rodriguez, one of the best of Villas brigade commanders, was shot through the throat and is not expected to live.
 Constitutionalists in many cases had to advance on hands and knees, as those below on the steep inclines passed the rifles from hand to hand. These feats were accomplished under heavy machine gun fire.
 Nothing seemed to lessen the de- termination of Villas troops. though the federals had thrown up trenches and redouts on all sides. Hillsides afforded no cover, for the attacking troops.