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Show VILLA DEFEATED BY GENJIIRGIM Loot Obtained at Torreon Recovered Re-covered by Victors Hot Pursuit of Rebels. Chihuahua City. Mex , Jan. 6. Villa was defeated at Jiminez yesterday yester-day by General Francisco Murpuia, An'h a loss of 1,500 rebel dead, wounded and captured, with the noted rebel leader, Martin Lopez, and another Villa general among the slain, according to an official report received here tonight from the Car ranza commander. Villa and his tin-d tin-d r-chicf, Salazar. were said to be IN mK toward El Valle in an automobile, auto-mobile, closely pursued by government govern-ment troops. General Murgrula stated that his command pushed Villa's troops back five miles afler coming into contact Machine guns are credited with playing play-ing an important rart in the offen Blve, in which both cavalry and infantry in-fantry were actively engaged. Villa, according to the report, personalh led repeated cavalry attacks against Murgui"s infantry, which were checked check-ed with heavy losses Besides Villa's heavy losses In men, horses, ammunition, arms and other was material. General Murguia claims the recovery of many carloads oi i he loot brought by thp Villa iniops frni Torreon. Government cavalry Is said to have killed about fifty members of Villa's bodyguard, which Is protecting him in his escape by automobile (n il' nil Murguia advised his subor-dfnates subor-dfnates thai he intends to ke p up a hot pursuit, as Villa's forces are bad-l bad-l disorganized. The general direc tion of the reireat of the scattered bands is toward Parral, where he said he expected them to make a stand The casualties of the govern-nn govern-nn nt troops are put at one hundred, among them several of the higher officers. |