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Juarez Mexico--After aimo.t 121 raptur€ or at Gonjez Pa]aeio and days.of fighting, as which his furoe* Torrvon.won four genera! engagements and one ! -Mazatlan, the Federal port in the jiiu. 'itj 5-atlie, with Only a single re- \ slilc Sir-alwa, bj U.e j cleave of the‘ »*'-* zrt- jvbe: srmy ir 7orr**rm# lt;*i«. lt;o iin a precarious state.I V* - wV aViila has a his mercy.jjvlueiu aiciico atThus, by his successful campaign ofThe taking of Torreon marks the | the past month. General Franciscoclimax of the first campaign of the revolution to oust Victoria no HuerUVilla has practically assured rebel control of the vast territory of the north-from the presidential palace in the city j °f M“tI“k “d *aiDed 'or. the reputation of being theo exico. I foremast. soldier of the country,l/tsses have not Iw-en cnmnilM hut I It wan hut a 1 ;»** /.»lt;..General Villa estimates his own losses at 500 killed and 1500 wounded, and the Federal loss at 1000 dead and 2500 injured, with an unknown number of prisoners.The battle line was four miles longyear sgothat he started out from a village near here wiih two companions, six horses, $7 in money and a meager supply of beans, coffee and ongar. The horses at the time were not paid for. and Villa's first act on capturing this city three months ago was to repay the'^!Sfe“rmined by lhree liveryman frnm ‘iti horees were -•* •••- .......• acaipculci’s ••borrowed.”square, at either end of which lay the towns of Gomez Palacio and Torreon.General Pablo Gonzales for months has harassed the Federal forces atThere were about 10,000 men in each Korclovia and Monterey and now army. The Federate had fortified the|,wcteic;zcFinre
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Placerville Mountain Democrat
Placerville, California, US
Sat, Apr 11, 1914
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