MEXICO

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 71, 25 March 1914, Page 8

MEXICO

A BLOODY BATTLE. IRETiIEAI OF-FEDERAL TROOPS ,' [Pbess Association.] (Rcooived March 25, 1.35 p.m.) MEXICO CITY, March 24. General Villa, with 12,000 troops, fought a blood*- battle in the neighborhood of Gomez Palaoio, a village near Torreon. , • Vekwso, the Federal commander, .attempted to chock Villa's march by the lei:t of Torreon, and gave battle. After a tierce engagement and heavy "losses Volasoo'retreated, leaving the village on fire, after a heavy artillery UThe hospitals are full of wounded. Torreon is still holding out.