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Show FIGHT IS ON , AT TORREON . Rebels Attack Federals at Outskirts Out-skirts of City Fierce Battle Bat-tle in Progress. WOUNDED SENT NORTH Villa Meeting Stronger Resistance Resis-tance Than Expected Federals Holding Out. Juarez. Mexico, March 25. "Fighting "Fight-ing Is in progress this morning in the outskirts of Torreon." This was the text of a telegram from the south given out officially here today. There were no details and official prophesy was readjusted to the effect that it might be some days Imrorc the federal stronghold is takon. Bermejillo, Mex., March 24. (Bv courier to El Paso, March 25) Rehe'l wounded from Gomez Palaclo and the lesser recent fights In the vicinity are being brought north in large numbers num-bers and it is officially admitted that tho federals put up an unexpectedly strong resistance at Gomez Palacla. A trainload of injured soldiers started north from Brittingham Junction Junc-tion today It is reported. They will be deposited at all water tank stations sta-tions along the rallroati north of there where hospitals have been established. es-tablished. The General Villa has the largest medical corps over, attached to a rebel reb-el army In .Mexico, but they are exhausted ex-hausted by the necessity of working night and day. Juarez, Mexico, March 25. Tho vigil of officers at Constitutionalist headquarters here throughout the night lengthened to nearly noon today to-day without authoritative information as to the outcome of the fighting at Torreon. General Chno still awaited await-ed confirmation of the report that reached here during the night that General Villa'B army had captured two cuartcls in Torreon. No definite news had como over the wires since tho receipt of the Associated Asso-ciated Press dispatch from Chihuahua at 5 p. m. yesterday that fighting still was In progress at Gomez PalaclOj the important railroad suburb of Torreon. Tor-reon. What the exact situation In tho Torreon Tor-reon district might be today was only a matter of speculation. The few rumors that sifted into Juarez during the night and early morning were variously va-riously interpreted according to the personal views of the Individuals. However, tho fact was that officers at rebel headquarters here were unable un-able to gain anything like a definite Idea of what had transpired at tho front since the last official report yesterday. 101 Paso, Texas, March 25. Miguel Dicbold of the Mexican federal consular con-sular service said today that ho had been officially informed that the rebels reb-els were repulsed with heavy loss at Torreon. and that some of them wcro driven back twenty miles. "It is very significant thai Juarez is without news and I regard It as confirmation of my dispatch," said Senor Dieboid. |