The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-05-09
MEXICAN REBELS
START ATTACK
ON JAUREz
Following Gen. Navarro's Re-
fusaI to Surrender
LOSSES SAID TO BE HEAVY
Wounded Being Brought Across 6or-
der Into City Of FL Paso--Rebels
Take Tia Juana

El Paso, Tex, May 9.-Following
the refusal Of General Navarro, com.
mander Of the federal forces to sur
render or to arrange for an armistice
a general attack was inaugurated by
the rebels upon the city of Juarez at
4 o'clock this morning.
The insurrectos claim that they
now have 300 men inside OF the city.
The federal reports claim that the in
surrectos have suffered heavy losses.
1t is certain that many have been kill.
ed and wounded on both sides. A
large number Of wounded have already
been brought into FL Paso.
The artillery fire of the garrison
has been remarkably accurate, the
shells falling close to the oncoming
line of insurgents and breaking up
their formation o
One woman and her son have been
wounded by shots falling on the Am
erican side OF the border line.
San Diego Cal, May 9.-Tla Juana,
Just across the border in lower Cali.
fornia, was captured by a force OF
Mexican rebels at o'clock this morn
ing.
III Paso, Tex, May 9.-Insubordina.
ton in the ranks of Gen. Maderos
army and lust for the fight of which
federal concessions apparently had de-
prived them caused a fierce attack on
Juarez yesterday afternoon which cul.
minated tonight in a careful retreat
of the insurrectos after a day of con
tinuous skirmishing.
The $50 rebels who early in the
day opened fire on the federals not
only captured some OF the important
outposts but carried the fighting into
Juarez. Failing reinforcements they
retired.
The casualties of the insurrectos
and federals are not known but five
persons on the American side of the
line we're killed and at least twelve
wounded. Thousands of people in FL
Paso dotted roof tops or lined the riv-
er banks in direct line of the fire.
Col Steever OF the Fourth United
States cavalry protested u both ar
mics against the fire into American
territory and it lesseneu considerably
thereafter.
Nearly 1000 American troops were
massed on the border keeping crowds
back and ready to respond to any or
ders from Washington
Gen. Francisco l. Madero Jr., is
downhearted. His efforts to prevent
general attack were successful.
Last night General Madero thought
| that remarks attributed TO Col Tam
bourel of the federal garrison in Juar-
ez, haunting the insurrectos, incensed
rhem In statement Gen. Madero
said he genuinely regretted the occur
| renee
The first person killed on the Amer
lean side of the line was Antonio Gar
cha who was standing by the side of
| the Associated Press correspondent
| about 200 yards from the advancing
insurrectos across the river.
A woman sitting on a porch several
blocks within the city was hit in the
wrist and the abdomen by two bullets
About six o'clock tonight, two Am
| orleans were killed near the Santa Fe
| bridge.
The name of one is supposed to be
Camp and his home is said to be in
Nebraska, while the other had on his
person a memorandum reading "R. II
Ferguson, Troop f, Third Cavalry
San Francisco
The names of the others killed have
not been learned,
Glen Chesman of Shreveport, La.
Mrs. Joseph Moorehead, Edmund Hea
ton and Luis Villatobas of Eel Paso
were among those wounded, but no
fatally