“A BLOODY BATTLE.”
VILLA BEATS THE FEDERALS.
[Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright! [United Press Association.] (Received 1.35 p.m.) Mexico City, March 24.
Villa, with twelve thousand troops, fought a bloody battleTn the neighborhood of Gomez Palacio, a village near Torreon, Velasco. The Federal commander, attempted to check Villa’s march by Abe left of Torreon 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 81, 26 March 1914, Page 6
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84“A BLOODY BATTLE.” Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 81, 26 March 1914, Page 6
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