LATE CABLES.
A FIERCE BATTLE.
THE MEXICAN REVOLT.
FEDERAL TROOPS RETREAT.
HOSPITALS FULL OF WOUNDED,
By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. (Received March 25, 1.35 p.m.) MEXICO CITY, March 24. General Villa with 12,000 troops fought a bloody battle in the neighbourhood of Gomez Palaeio, a village near Torreon. General Velasco, the Federal commander, attempted to check Villa's march by the left of Torreon, and gave battle. After a fierce engagement and heavy losses General Velasco retreated, leaving the villages on fire after the heavy artillery duel. The hospitals are full of wounded. Torreon is still holding out.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 41, 25 March 1914, Page 10
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97LATE CABLES. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 41, 25 March 1914, Page 10
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