The San Francisco call., 1910-12-21
REBELS SLAUGHTER
TROOPS in PASS
Deadly Fire Poured From Hills:
Train Is RiddIed and II
Are Killed
Machine Guns Are Useless and
Diaz Men Are Moved Down
Like Manikins

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Dec. 20
Forty-two wounded government SOL
o1ers were brought in today. thus CON
arming reports that the troop train
which left here Saturday was shot TO
pieces in the mountain tran known as
Nal Paso, q few miles east of Pader-
aales and about 12O miles west of here
me ofheisl report states that the fed
erals lost 2I killed. 10 missing and -
wounded The latter includes Colonel
Suzman' who was in command of the
expedition. The insurrectos loss is not
known here.
The train left here Saturday. travel
Ing IN two sections. carrying three field
pieces on COW car and 500 soldiers.
lallc1o Fllla, the bandit who while
operating independently still regards
& e government as his enemy. fired on
Cne second section as il was passing
through the Andanya canyon. but did
no damage.
REBELS SWARM HILLS
The mountains Of Nal Paso. how
ever swarmed with revolutfonfsts
Ihey halted the first and also the sec
Sno section as soon as il came up.
oolonel Guzman disembarked his troops
ana Tor i've hours defended himself
WIN desperate courage. He was in q
rap however. His enemy was on the
neishts. sheltered by powders and pro
Oected on the north by mountains. and
poured in = deadly FIRE He was unable
20 use his big guns effectively owing to
bne nature Of the ground Notwith
stanoing his precarious position and
the numbers OF the insurrectos. he held
ms ground for five hours He was shot
through the leg, while the third officer
II command was raked across the stom-
acn- Although General Navarro was AT
Peoernales. or near there. he was nm
able 10 lend assistance
TROOPS FORCED TO RETREAT
Worn out with the one sided ba++re
colonel Guzman loaded his dead and
wounded and the remainder of his force
on the troop train and ran back 10
Bustillos ~
4 freight train which went out from
mere Sunday to load cattle a RusffI7os
was Communicated and the wounded
transferred to it,
II was learned today that Cenersl
Navarro failed to capture MAI pssn - ae .
spite previous reports from Mexico Citv
70 that effect Losses on both sides
curing two days fighting are reported
60 have been heavy.
Troops to the Front
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2o.-The Tenth
battalion Of infantry. a battery of lfgbt
artillery and one rapid FIRE gun ieft
mere today in two special trains for
the zone Of insurrecto activity in Chi
huahua.
Another train carrying two regiments
Of infantry is said to have left Guada-
ta5sra- last night for the same destina-
hon
The force from this city is in COM
mand Of General Sanchez Rivera and
Colonel Rafael Lis. The train went out
In two sections, one Of 13 coaches and
two baggage cars. carrying the officers
and men; the other consisted of IA
Hars loaded with artillery. mules and
lorses Of officers.
The Tenth battalion contains sos en-
listed men and p officers.
The battery has six guns These
troops We're said to be intended TO re-
inforce Colonel Guzman at Pedernales
fle situation is said to be as follows:
one one side of the valley Of Nal
PasO (Bad pass) is the force Of General
Navarro Of 1000 men. Colonel Guz-
nan Is on the other side with force
II $40 troops. He has not tried to force
ais way around the head of the canyon
10 Join the troops under command Of
General Navarro, but instead commu-
uicated the situation TO headquarters
In Chihuahua and received orders to
wait for reinfOrcements.
Troops are being hurried forward to
raise the force Of Colonel Guzman to
1000 men, and then the attack will be
made from the two sides
Madero is said TO have slipped across
the border recently, and to be now in
Ojinaga at the head Of the rebels who
were formerly under the command of
Abraham Gonzales.