“A BLOODY BATTLE.”
VILLA BEATS THE FEDERALS. AND INFLICTS HEAVY LOSSES. [By Electric Telegraph— j Copyright! [United Ipbess Association.] (Received 1.35 p.rn.) . Mexico City, ■ March 24. Villa, with twelve thousand troops, fought a bloody battle In the neighborhood of Gomez Palacio, a- village near Torrcon, Velasco. The Federal commander, attempted to check Villa’s march by the left of Torredn and gave battle. After a fierce engagement and heavy losses Velasco retreated, leaving the villages on fire after a heavy artillery duel. The hospitals are full of wounded. Torreon is still holding out.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 80, 25 March 1914, Page 6
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92“A BLOODY BATTLE.” Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 80, 25 March 1914, Page 6
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