The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-15
A Drawn Battle Though the
Rebels Were Inferior in
Numbers.
Navarro Took No Prisoners,
the Bayonet Completing
the Work of the Bullet
Horrible Instance of Bru-
tality Occurs at Cerro
Prieto, When All Citizens
Were Shot Who Could
Not Prove Innocence.
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At the Front, Rancho Santiago, near
Pedernales, Dec. l2.-tvia r.. Paso,
Texas, Dec 14.)-In yesterdays en-
|gagement the revolutionists fought
General Navarro to standstlll, a..
though inferior in numbers All told,
"a persons are known by independent
Investigation to have been Killed.
Navarro took no prisoners-it is con-
trary to his orders-ano in his carHi
today there were no wounded OF the
other side The bayone. LAO con-
pletsd the work of the bullet.
A horrible instance of the barbarity
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 inno-
cence OF participation in the revolt.
Thirty could not do this. AZ fast as
their identity became known they
were taken out and shot They are
included in the number Of dead Gen.
| eral Navarro places his own dead at
one captain, one lieutenant and twelve
soldiers. Twenty-seven ct his men,
including two officers. were severely
wounded.
CORRESPONDENT WOUNDED.
Among the latter was General Bran.
don, special correspondent OF the
Mexican Herald and q resident oe
Panama. A bullet hit his horse in the
eye, passed through the animals neck
and lodged in the riders abdominal
muscles. Another bullet hit him in
! gho wrist. Brandon Il the champion
tmid6leweinht WreadArso& Moxlco. 4aa-s.
I lufnrfecE65S y60 3Hnp sAmIat.
fHftic nand surrendered were bayo-
lneted. One Of them who had tainted
from bullet which grazed his tepl-
pie, took the bayonet thrust in the ribs
and was left for dead. but during the
night he recovered and escaped. He
grinned as he told his story. When
the correspondent related the tale to
General Navarro today the latter
laughed heartily as If enjoying joke
on himself.
The battle was indecisive in it's
results. It began at IL o'clock. and
lasted until 4 p. IN. and occurred at
| the village of Prieto. 100 miles west
Of Chihuahua, at the base Of two low
hills, nine miles east of this place.
Two hundred revolutionists had oc-
cupied the hills during the previous
night General Navarro, with $50 of
his advance guard, passed east of the
hills. The insurgents opened fire but
did little damage owing to the dis
tance.
Later when the field pieces came up.
Navarro sheiled them from their posi-
tions. The revolutionists retreated
slowly, firing from the shelter of
adobe houses, which dot the Mesa At
o'clock their ammunition having run
low, they took up position at the
base of a range Of low mountains five
miles southwest Of Cerrero Prieto.
A DRAWN BATTLE.
There was no fighting today, despite
the proximity Of the two forces, which
in itself indicates a drawn battle.
The insurrecto camp fires can be seen
from this place tonight.
During the fighting Sunday the
original 200 insurrectos were rein
forced by 230 of their comrades. Two
was stated that by morning there
would be 400 more from the west.
| In an interview, General Navarro
stated he expected serious fighting
from now on. He admitted that the
insurgents were brave, but declared
their lack of military organization
would defeat them in the end.
1t was confirmed in this camp tina.
government troops were converging
on this section from Parral and from
Sonora.
Navarro, contrary to common re
port. has no rapid fire guns-only field
pieces. The Parral contingent. how.
ever, lis bringing rapid fire guns. II
the revolutionists are to win, they
must destroy Navarro, In order to
contend with the new forces.
The most serious loss suffered by
the revolutionists occurred in an
adobe house in which they had taken
cover, a shell wrecking the place, xiii
ing and wounding several, but not be
fore they accounted for a number o.
the enemy.
The Associated Press correspondent
icounted fifteen dead near the ruins OF
the house, apparently about equally
idivided between the two armies
About half Of them had been stripped
of their clothing. 1t is practice
among the soldiers to strip the uni
scrms from their dead comrades. part
y for the clothing and partly to con
ceal their identity from those who
may seek to discover their losses.
/ The dead regulars were placed II
rough boxes and buried in corral
Two companies lined up and the bugls
blew Glory to the Dead; Long Live
lPresideat Dizz..