MEXICAN AFFAIRS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144359, 25 March 1914, Page 7

MEXICAN AFFAIRS.

A BLOODY BATTL.K TORREON STILL HOLDING OUT. 11l BLKCTRIO TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. (Received March 25, 1.35 pan.) MEXICO CITY, March 24. Villa, with twelve thousand troops, fought* a bloody battle iu the neighbourhood of Gomez Balacio, a vihage near Torreon. Velasco, the heueral commander, attempted to check Villa " march by the left of Torreon, and gave battle. After a fierce engagement and heavy losses Velasco retreated, leaving the villages ou fire after a heavy artillery duel. The hospitals are full of wounded, but Torreon is still holding out.