Arizona republican., 1914-04-15
In Engagement, Possibly More Desperate Than That of Gomez Palacio and Torreon, Rebels Are Again Victorious
MANY THOUSANDS
 ARE WOUNDED
Villa Says He Lacks Time to Send Details, But Will Transmit Full Report to Carranza at a Later Date
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JUAREZ, April 14-A nine-days' that of Gomez Palacio and Torreon, resulted in a vIctory for Villas rebels, according to an official dispatch re- ceived here. The combined rebel force that came upon the reunited federals, it said, in the last days of the battle have numbered 15,0O0 at San Pedro, forty miles east of Tor reon The killed and wounded on both sides, it is said, numbered in the neighborhood of 5000.
 A telegram from Villa asked that $2,0OO,O0Q cartridges be shipped south. There were no other details. What happened after the climax of the bat tie last night is open to conjecture. It is assumed that the federals with drew to one of their earlier positions and that both sides are busy with their dead and wounded.
 The rebels wounded during the six day battle at San Pedro are placed at 5000 in the official report of Villa to Carranza. The combined federal forces are said to have numbered from 12,000 to 150O0 and were defeated by 12000 rebels.
 The rebels are claimed to have talk en TOO prisoners. The federal army is said to have included the Torreon gar rison. led intact out of the city in the retreat of General Velasco on April ,. and those of General Maas. General Hidalgo, General de Moure and two others. Maas, Hidalgo and De Moure were on the way to Torreon with endorsements, but Velasco retired be- fore their arrival.
 Since then, until the concentration at San Pedro, the federal columns. their routes determined by scattered supplies of water, have been maneu- vering in an endeavor to mobilize in force, while the rebel attachments have scurried hither and thither be- tween Viesca, Parras and San Pe- dro to prevent their concentration. When the general engagement was 1 brought on it is reported the battle line measured twenty eight miles in 8 semicircfe about the city.
 1 While the battle of Torreon was in progress, there were persistent reports that endorsements were drawing near
 to the assistance of Velasco. The lat
 ter apparently despaired of their arri-
 val and, fearing that they would be cut to pieces in detail, withdrew in
 excellent order from the city, al- though his loss in killed and wounded
 was considerably less than that of the
 rebels. He was definitely observed at
 Viesca station on the southernmost
 end of the three railway lines running
 between Torreon. Saltillo and it's
 southern environs.
 | Meanwhile the rebel column occu-
 pied San Pedro, which is near the lake on the northernmost of the railway Hines. about sixty miles north of the southern line The first detachment
 sent against the city by Villa was re- pulsed after four days of desultory fighting. But when the rebel rein- l forcements arrived the federals fled eastward a short distance Villa left
 a garrison in the town, but it was
 unable to withstand the onslaught of the new column of federal volunteers
 under Generals Argumedo and Campa. While these fights were taking place, Velasco moved up to Parras and it is
 now assumed across from that point | to San Pedro, when general engage
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