The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-04-03

JuaTeZ.-General NenuStlano Car
rama, first chief OF the revolution,
was welcomed to Juarez Sunday
In, the last few weeks the general
has ridden horseback for 500 miles
and in the last two months he has
travelled 1000 miles in the same way
Juarez, Mex-News from the front
Sunday night states that fighting is
still going on for the possession OF
TOrreon. The rebels now hold all po-
sitiOas except the main barracks and
two smaller barracks General Villa
has taken Cerro de la Cruz and the
TorreOn foundry.
The rebel loss in the last six days
is 900 killed and wounded and the
federal loss 1000. AS there already
are at Chihuahua 500 wounded, the
report of rebel losses is thought to
have been minimized Among the
rebel wounded is General Tomas
Urbina.
1t is said that private soldiers
taken prisoners are being taken into
the rebel ranks, but their officers are
executed unless they take the oath of
allegiance to the Constitutionalist
cause. All irregular troops in the
federal garrison are executed on cap
ture.
The TOTreon attack began last Fri
day and up to Sunday night rebel adj
vices, private and official, were that
General Monclovia Herrera had taken
some of the most important points in
the city.
There have been no newspaper dis
patches dealing with this attack and
the similarity of this situation with
that at Gomez Palacio is pointed out
as significant When Villa was sue
cessful there he permitted the news
paper men to send their dispatches,
but when he was repulsed, as he was
twice, press messages suddenly
ceased.
In Juarez it was confidently expect
ed that news of the capture of the
city would form the chief feature of
the welcome TO General Carranza and
the fact that no message OF success of
any kind was awaiting him was &C,
cepted Sunday as indicating that the
fate of the city was still in the bal
ance,
Juarez, Mex.-The attack on the
last line of federal defenses at Tor
reon began at noon Saturday, accord
ing to telegram from General Villa,
who declared he expected to capture
the stronghold Sunday night Friday
nights assault is declared to have
been unsuccessful because of the fail
ure of the supply Of hand grenades,
the most useful ammunition in street
fighting. Villa is declared to have re-
ceiyed 5000 more grenades before he
renewed the attack
The positions already taken in the
business district of the city, it is
said, were made more secure Friday
night, and the smelter, like the bull
ring, and the principal hotel are said
20 have become rebel property.
Gomez Palacio, Mex.-Four days Of
fighting, including three desperate as.
saults by the rebels, were crowned
Friday when General Francisco Villa
moved into this city and established
his headquarters on that side of the
town looking toward Torreon and
within three miles of that great goal
Of the campaign.
The final and deciding assault was
delivered Thursday. 1t was preceded
by bombardment after which the in
fantry and cavalry dashed into the
streets
Rifles, machetes, pistols and hand
grenades were used in a hundred diff.
ferent encounters in the narrow thor
oughfares.
The grenades, Of home manufacture,
were lighted by cigarettes, an unof-
fetal part of the equipment of every
Mexican soldier
The wounded suffered terribly from
thirst and many died for lack of
water and surgical attention.
The dead Of both sides were mingled
in the streets or found huddled under
the piles of earth which once had been
abode houses or corrals, wrecked by
rebel shells.
Veterans say no more furious battle
ever was fought In Mexico. 1t was
a delirium.
General Villa did not stop to mourn
his losses, but with customary energy
began preparations to move on Tor
reon.
Newspaper correspondents were per-
mitted to enter the city with Villa.
Everywhere rebel soldiers were res
euing the injured and taking them to
the railroad station There were
stretehers, but not nearly enough, and
a stout pole with blanket suspended
hammock fashion had to suffice.