The San Francisco call., 1910-12-15
REV()LUIIONISIS
ARE ROUTED IN
BLOODY BATTLE
WoaGded Insarge1ts Bayoneted
by Order of the Federal
Commander
Thirty Persons WFo Refused to
Testify to Innocence Of
Official Are Shot

WASHINGTON. Dec 1.-THE federal
troops have routed the revolutionists in
Chihuahua and captured the city Of
Guerrero, according to telegram re
ceived today by the state department
from Ambassador Wilson in Mexico
City This cleared the state of Chi
huahua and other parts of the country,
said Wilson. "of all organized resist
ance to the government"
No Prisoners Taken
AT THE FRONT RANCHO sANTI-
AGO. near Pedernales, Dec. u. via Ell
Paso, Tex, Dec. 14.-In Yesterdays en-
gagement the revolutionists fought
General Navarro to standstin, al
though inferior in numbers. Seventy
four persons were killed.
Navarro took no prisoners-it is CON
trary to his orders-and in his camp
today there were no wounded of the
other side. The bayonet had com
pleted the work of the bullet.
A horrible instance of the barbaritv
of the campaign occurred after the
battle. Every man in the hamlet of
Cerro Prieto Ozark hilD was brought
before the mayor to prove his fnno-
cence of participation in the revolt
Thirty could not do this. As fast as
their identity became known they were
taken out and shot. They are included
in the number of dead.
General Navarro places his own dead
at one captain, one lieutenant and IL
soldiers. Twenty-seven of his men,
including two officers were severely
wounded. Among the latter was Gen
eral Brandon, special correspondent of
the Mexican Herald.
Five insurgents who ran out of am
munition and surrendered were bay
onetei. One of them, who had tainted
from bullet which grazed his temple
took the bayonet thrust in the rib and
was left for dead. but during the night
recovered and escaped. He grinned
as he told his story. When the corre-
spondent related the tale to General
Navarro today the latter laughed
heartily as if enjoying a joke on him
SELF.
The battle began at II a. m. and
lasted until 4 p. m. and occurred at the
village Of Cerro Prieto, 100 miles west
of Chihuahua. at the base of two low
hills nine miles east of here. Two
hundred revolutioniists had occupied
the hills during the previous night
When General Navarro with $50 of
his advance guard passed east of the
hills the insurgents opened fire, but
did little damage owing TO the distance.
Later when the field pieces came up,
Navarro shelled them from their posi-
ton. The revolutionists retreated slow
ly, 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.
The most serious loss suffered by the
revolutionists occurred in an adobe
house in which they had taken cover, a
shell wrecking the place, killing and
wounding several, but not before they
had accounted for a number of the
enemy.
General Navarro's official report
places the number of insurgent dead
In Sundays battle at so.
The Associated Press correspondent
saw S3 dead, but generally was unable
to determine to which side they be-
longed. Navarro admits that he lost
in killed two officers and IL men and
81 seriously injured. The revolution
lists place their own dead at 10 and
their wounded at one.
Revolutionary leaders today acted
like victors. Reinforcements arrived
here to the number of 200 and the
chiefs declared that they were ready
and expected another battle tomorrow
On the other hand, dissension seemed
to have appeared within the "pronun-
ciado," or Maderista ranks.
Last night Pancho Villa, a famed
bandit. with % of his followers, for
sock the path of patriotism for the
old line of endeavor. They beat and
robbed a Chinaman. extorted $4,000 in
Mexican money from the native super
intendent of Gabriel Saenz ranch and
burned a store at Padernales. They
threatened to kill the station agent at
Padernales, who is brother of the
store keeper, because he refused to
give them two horseshoes.
The station agent who is also the
telegraph operator. deserted the sta
ton today in fear of his life. Villas
detection was admitted by the other
insurgent chiefs, who declared that he
had harmed the cause and had done
no fighting.