Rumor Of Torreon's Fall.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 24, 1913:
Rebels Reported to Have Taken City — Orozco Reaches Chihuahua.
    EAGLE PASS, Tex., July 23.— An unconfirmed report that Torreon had been captured by Constitutionalists was received here to-day. Constitutionalist officials at their headquarters at Piedras Negras refused to confirm the rumor.
    The last definite advices received here from the Constitutionalist lines were that Gov. Carranza on July 20 was in the neighborhood of Torreon, to take personal charge of an expected attack on that place. Jesus Carranza, a relative of the Governor, said last Sunday that the Constitutionalists had Torreon "completely surrounded with 8,000 to 10,000 men."
    The only means of communication with the Constitutionalist front is by courier.

    MEXICO CITY, July 23.— Unofficial advices received here to-day said that Torreon has fallen into the hands of the Constitutionalists. Officials of the Mexican Government, however, denied the report.
    The Torreon garrison consisted of more than 3,000 officers and men, and considerable artillery, and it is believed that if the town has capitulated some of the garrison must have revolted and joined the rebels.

    CHIHUAHUA, July 23.— Gen. Orozco, at the head of 2,000 federal soldiers, entered Chihuahua yesterday overland from Torreon, having abandoned his military train. The arrival of reinforcements for Gen. Mercado's garrison was acclaimed by thousands of residents. No activity of rebels near this city is reported.