Iron County Record | 1915-04-23 | Page 6 | Villa is Defeated in Recent Battle

VILLA DEFEATED" IN REGENT BAHLE MEXICAN CHIEF LOSES SIX TH6U' 8AND MEN IN FIGHT WITH GENERAL OBREGON. Villa Movement on West Coast is Ap parently Collapsing and Carran za's Star Is Again In the Ascendancy. Wnshlngton. Consular dlspatchoi from Mexico reaching tho state department de-partment on Monday confirmed the Carranza claims of a great victory for .Oonoral Obregon over General Vlllu-at Colaya and told of the latter's retreat northward, destroying tho railroad as ho went. VIIla'B losses in tho six day' fighting ended Saturday were estimated estimat-ed at G.000 killed and wounded. Fourtcon troop trains, carrying tho defeated chieftain and his battered army, arrived at Aguas Callentos, 125 miles north of tho battleground around Celaya and Irapuato. With theso xoports tho dopartmont gavo out a summary of advices from tho wost coast transmitted by Rear Admiral Howard, saying: "Tho Villa movement on tho wost coast Is apparently appar-ently collapsing, and indications point to the control of tho entire west coaU by Carranza in a fow weeks." From tho bordor, too, came confirmation confir-mation of tho reported withdrawal southward of Villa forcoB, which havo beon besieging Matamoras.