Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-14

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men including two officers, were
severely wounded. Among the latter
was Gen. Brandon, special corresponds
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resident OF Panama. a bullet hit his
horse in the eye. passed through his
neck and lodged in the riders nbdom-
email muscles. Another bullet hit him
in the wrist Brandon is the champion
middlewcight wrestler Of Mexico.
Five insurgents who ran out of am
muntion and surrendered We're
bayonctcd. one Of them who had
tainted from bullet which grazed
his temple. took the bayonct thrust In
the rib and was left for dead. but
during the night he recovered and
escaped He grinncd as he told his
story. When the correspondent related
the tale TO Gen. Navarro today the
latter lnughtcd heartily, as If enjoy
Ing Il Joke on himself,
BATTLE 1NDECISlvE.
The battle was indeclsivc in its re-
suits. IL began at II Il. nj, and lasted
until u M. and occurred at the VII
" Cerro Pricto. 100 miles west of
Chihuahua at the base of two low
htlls. nine miles east OF here. Two
hundred revolutionists had occupied
inc hills during the previous night
When Gen. Navarro with $50 OF his
advance guard passed east of the hills
The Insurgents opened fire but did lit
TIC oWlIlH 10 the distance.
Later when the field pieces came up
Navarro shclled them from their posi-
tons. The revolutionists retrcatcl
slowly. firing from the shelter OF adobe
houses which dot the mesa At
O'Clock their ammunition having run
low, they took up a position nj the
base of range of low mountains five
miles southwest nf Cerro Pricto. There
was no lighting today despite the proS-
unity of the two forces. which in Itself
indicatcs II drawn battle. Their camp
fires can be seen from hero tonight.
During the fighting Sunday the orig
1nal 200 insurrectos were reinforced by
23o of their comrades. Two hundred
more arrived tonight and II was stated
that by morning there would be 400
more from west of here.
In an Interview Gen. Navarro stated
that he expected serious lighting from
now on. He admitted that the insur
gents were brave, but declared tim; |
their lack of military organization
would defeat them in the end.
TROOPS CoNVERGING
: 1t was confirmed in this camp that
government troops are convcrEing on
this section from Parral and from Son
ora. Navarro, contrary to common
report, has no rapid fire guns. only field
pieces. The Parral contingent, how
ever, is bringing rapid fire guns. Il
the rcvolutionists are to win they must
destroy Navarro in order to contend
with the new forces.
The most serious loss suffered by the
rcvolutiOnlsts occurred In an adobe
house In which they had taken cover,
II shell wrccking the place. killing aud
wounding several but not before they
had accounted for number OF the enc
my.
The Associated Press correspondent
counted Is dead near the ruins of the
house. apparently about equally divid-
ed between the two armies. About
half of them had been stripped of their
II is a practise among the
soldiers to strip the uniforms from
their dead comrades, partly for the
and partly to conceal their
identity from, those who inuy seek to
discover theii. losses.
Another inburled soldier. also strip
ped. was seen by the roadside, on the
road from this place to the scene OF
the battle. Six more We're in the fed
cral camp waiting burial. These were
placed in rough boxes and buried with
military orders in a corral. Two COM
panics lined UP and the bugle blew
GLORY to the Dead. Long Live Presi-
dent Diaa!"
1 Other dead were accounted for as
still lying where they fell on the hills.