Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-18

The American soldiers exposed to the
| fire behaved with their customary coura ge
and GOODNESS. At o'clock they alone main
TUNED their positions along the line, Thou
sands of spectators covered the house tops
farther back and filled the streets com
handing a view of the battle grounds.
Machine Guns Are silent.
At $3.50 a. m, the firing was continuing,
but the federal machine guns were heard no
more and appeared to be out of commission.
The federal machine guns were originally
placed in the center Of the federal battle
line to the southeast of Aqua Prets, which
extended fan-like in two directions, south
west and northeast. The machine guns
would be rushed forward and fired until
hot, then the soldiers would close up and
hold the line while the guns cooled.
After a moments rest they would be
rushed forward again. When they came
into close contact with the rebel trenches,
the machine guns appeared to have been
silenced and the federal line fell back.
At 10 o'clock the federals rushed another
column of men TO this point They crossed
through the short mesquite brush up from
small draw, running at full speed As
they came within firing range-ef the rebel
ranks, they dropped flat to the ground and
fired at the rebel trenches.
Here the battle ragged with fury. Bullets
! raked all the ground between Aqua Prieta
and the international lines, and also a large
zone in Douglas. The section is a flat
open territory, and the constantly falling
bullets, which kicked up little. geKserssof
dust gave the whole district the appear
ance of smoking ground.sA. ...- r.-,. :,
At 1890 the firing ceased. The rebels still
had every position which they occupied at
the beginning of the battle. They, imme-
diately began digging a new s line of
trenches within a few hundred feet Of the
international line running diagonally to the
American boundary
Mrs. Alice Gattliff. the American woman
who remained In Aqua Prieta, with the
Stars and Stripes floating above her little
country store. telephoned to Douglas at
1910 a. m that she was stlll unhurt
Lopez who had been in the store. told
her that the federals, advancing across the
open ground, had lost heavily in killed and
! wounded.
| When the firing ceased the American
troops had forced the Douglas residents
back to Sixth street which was within
three blocks OF the center OF the city.
FederaIs Renew Attack.
After falling back and reforming their
line. the federals at II o'clock swung
around in a southerly direction and the
battle was renewed with heavy firing.
! Captain William A. skunk commanding
the American troops on the line, and Cap
tain Gaujot watched the excitement from
an adobe building on First street. close
to the International line, but on the Amer
lean side. Colonel Skunk issued strict or
ders to the American soldiers to remain on
American soil.
The rebels suffered greatly from want
of water. The iusurrectos in q ditch closest
to the international line started to get
water from a hydraAt on the American
side, but were ordered back into their
trenches by their captain. VS. 70.
Americans carried water to the line where
the rebels picked it up and carried It to
the trenches after waving their thanks
to the Americans in sight ,.,..-
Spectator shot in Breast. ..
John Hamilton of Arizona. one Of the
forty Americans on the top of an adobe
building in Douglas, viewing the battle,
was struck in the breast by a rife bullet
at noon. Hamilton was not within the
prescribed danger zone when he was
wounded.
! An American In Aqua Prieta telephoned
that the rebels had carried about twenty
dead into the bull pen. The rebels give
the federal dead at not less than seventy
! five. AAei, - x q
II was at this hour that six mounted
Mexican officers led an sdvancs, OF fifty
cavalrymen and about 40 infantTyinen mn
a draw to the south Of Aqua Prieta in
an oblique line TO The American, boundary,
striving again to secure a position on the
American line. These Advancing forces
fiercely engaged the men in the lire OF
rebel entertainments running from the out
skirts OF Aqua Prieta to the American
line. northeast to southwest, The advanc-
ing federals fired only occasionally, but