The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-10
k.tack BY the Rebels on the City OF
Juarez Is Frlst Big Engage
mont Of the Revo-
luton.
EHE CITY IN FLAMES
rederaIs Are Making Last stand a.
the Cathedral and Many People
Have Been
Killed.

Ell PAsO, May 10.-The battle at
Guares was renewed this morning with
fedoubled fury. The city is in flames.
Il Is reported this morning that the
federals had been driven into the
cathedral where they are making
kheir last stand.
The barricades IN the streets and
the buildings where the federals
bought from yesterday. have been lit
erally shot to pieces.
At 100 o'clock this morning the
fedsrals still held the bull ring, the
customs house and the cathedral.
Madero himself has not participat.
ed In the fighting yet. The fighting
of yesterday has practically wrecked
Juarez The streets are filled with
debris and 1t will require months to
repair the damage already done At
least 100 have been killed on both
sides and twice as many wounded, ac-
cording to the Red Cross authorities.
Most of the insurgent wounded have
been brought to this city. II
insurreetos Use Torch.
The sun beat fercely on the battle
Geld and late yesterday afternoon q
IRE started by the insurrectos Allied
the streets with clouds OF suffocat!ng
smoke.
The fire Is still smouldering and the
post office and several adjoining
buildings are IN ruins.
The light from the fire gave the
rebels an occasional glimpse OF the
church where the federals are cooped
pp and the cracking Of rifles was
ntArmittent>
The town of Juarez looks az II a
hurricane had struck 1t. Wires are
suspended from jagged telegraph
poles and the streets are filed with
plaster. adobe debris, window glass
Ind splinters.
Signs and awnings are punctured
with holes. Many brick building has
hole in II. and not few of the
Characteristic adobe houses OF the
town are without roofs.
The terror-stricken residents of the
town were under cover all day, and
many were injured by the hail of bull
lets.
Bullets continued to sing across the
fio Grande to the American side to
DAY, but the casualties we're fewer
than yesterday owing to the efforts O.
tne United States troops, which KEEP
sightseers several hundred yards
rom the river front,
There were many sorties during tn,
pattle, the rebels maneuvering abou
20 draw the federals from their fort
fcations.
me mortars Of the government
.foops kept up deafening fire fo
several hours. but without any effec
o1her than to prevent the rebels iron
sweeping down upon them from th,
foothills west Of Juarez.
- Bombs Used by Rebels.
me insurrecto artillery proved o
iitue value and the revolntionist
wrought more destruction while with
= Juarez by tossing dynamite bomb
apout wherever they thought federal
were concealed. than with their car
non.
various reports were current durin
me day that rebel chiefs as we'll a
'euerais had been killed or wounded
FOR q long time It was believed tha
colonel Garibaldi. grandson Of tn
i'ahan hperator and commander of tn
so-calied American legion of insul
rectos, had been injured, but he wa
hurt.
General Pascuale orozco ard Co
onel villa two rebel chiefs, are con
inanding the movements OF the rebel
VINO are gathered about the churc
ana bull pen, where Colonel Blanc
with about 300 men has taken up
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