OCR Text |
Show VILLA'S DEFEAT IS CONFIRMED Washington, April 19 Consular dispatches dis-patches from Mexico reaching tho state department today confirmed the Carranza claims of a great victor for General Obrcgon over General Villa at Celaya. and told of the latter s retreat northward. destroying tho railroad as he went Villa's losses in the six days fighting ended Saturday were estimated at G000 killed and wounded. Fourteen troop trains, carrying the defeated chieftain and his haltered army arrived at Aguas Callentes 1 '1 ' miles north of the battleground around Celaya and Irapnato. With thsA report the department nae out a summary of ad vires from the west coast transmitted by Rear Admiral Howard saving- The Villa movement on the west coast is ap paranfly collapsing, and Indications point to the control of the entire west coast by Carranra in a few weeks " Prom the herder too. came confirmation con-firmation of the reported withdrawal southward of '"Ilia forces, whieh have been besieging Matamoras. Loyalty Doubted. Officials here would not be surprised, sur-prised, in view of :.I1 the developments ot the past few days, if Villa had dlf- Flculty in maintaining his Una of communications to to the American border The loyalty of some of his carrison Is snld to be questioned It also is said thnt with Zapata cut off from communiea t ion with the north occupation of Mexico City might be aeeomplished by Obrcgon" wdtb little difficulty oo |