Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-12-23
Losses by Eederals.

General Navarro places his own dead
at one captain, one lieutenant and Il
soldiers. Twenty-seven of his men, in
Guiding two officers, were severely
wounded.
Among the latter was General Bran
don, special correspondent Of the Mex
lea Herald, and a resident Of Panama.
A bullet hit his horse in the eye,
passed through his neck and lodged in
the riders abdominal muscles. An
other bullet hit him in the wrist. Bran
don is the champion middleweight
wrestler of Mexico.
Five insuTrectCS who ran out of am
munitiOn and surrendered, were bay
onetted. One of them who had tainted
from a bullet which grazed his temple,
took the bayonet thrust in the rib and
was left for dead, but during the night
he recovered and escaped. He grinned
as he told his story. When the cores
pondent related the tale to General
Navarro today, the latter laughed
heartily as if enjoying a joke on him
self.
Battle Is Indecisive.
The battle was indecisive in it's re-
suits, 1t began at IL a. M. and lasted
until 4 p. m, and occurred at the viii
lage of Cerro Prieto, 100 miles west of
chihuahua, at the base of two low
hills, nine miles east of here. Two
hundred revolutionists had occupied the
hills during the previous night. When
General Navarro with 400 OF his ad-
vance guard passed east of the hills
the insurrectos opened fire, but did lit
lie damage owing to the distance.
Later, when the field pieces came up.
Navarro shelled them from their posi-
tons. The revolutionists retreated
slowly. firing from the shelter of adobe
houses which dot the mesa. At 4
o'clock their ammunition having run
low, they took up a position at the base
Of a range Of low mountains five miles
southwest of Cerro Prieto.
There was no fghting today, despite
the proximity of the two forces, which
in itself indicates a drawn battle.
Their campfires can be seen from here
tonight. During the fighting Sunday
the original 200 insurrectos were rein
forced by 230 of their comrades. Two
hundred mere arrived tonigh. end it
was stated that by morning there
would be 400 more from west OF here.
In an interview General Navarro
stated he expected serious fighting from
now on. He admitted that the insur-
gents were brave, but declared their
tack of military organization would de-
feat them in the end. It was confirmed
In his camp that government troops
were converging on this section from
Parral and from Sonora.
The most serious loss suffered by the
reyolutionists occurred in an adobe
house in which they had taken cover. a
shell wrocking the place killing and
wounding several, but not before they
had accounted for a number of the
enemy.
Stripped of Clothing.
The Associated Press ~espon
counted Is dead near the ruins of the
house, apparently about equally divid-
ed between the two armies. About half
Of them a been stripped Of their
clothing. 1t is a practice among the
soldiers to strip the uniforms from
their dead comrades, partly for the
clothing and partly to conceal the iden-
tity from those who may seek to dis
cover their losses.
Another unburied soldier, also strip
ped, was seen by the roadside on the
road from this place to the scene of
the battle. Six more were in the fed
sral camp waiting burial. These were
placed in rough boxes and buried with
military honors in a corral. Two com
panies med up and the buglers blew
GLORY TO the dead; long live President
Diaz."
Other dead were accounted for as
still lying where they fell on the hills