The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-21

EudlN, was dlHb blbtl'u ONl anu lOoh
up position at the armory to await
further orders. There were four troops
OF cavalry and one OF militia in Doug.
las This was considered an ample
force to adequately protect the Amer.
lean line.
Rebels Abandon Trenches.
For fully fifteen minutes the two ar.
mics held their respective positions
while the deadly fire continued. Thir.
~ minutes after the battle opened the
rebels were seen to abandon their out
lying positions and fall back to the
brcastworks toward Aqua Prieta.
The federal advance was slow and
in open order, with almost continuous
firing.
Associated Press Auto is Shot.
At o'clock an automobile carrying
United States Marshal Overlook, Unit
ed Secret Service Agent Thompson
and the Associated Press correspon-
dent passed through the guard line on
the American side to the Mexican side.
A hail of bullets at this moment drove
the party to the shelter of the Amer
lean customs house, but this building
also was in direct line with the heavy
firing from the southeast.
One bullet struck the automobile,
others dug up the ground on all sides
and there was q continuous whiz of
the leaden missiles overhead. 1t was
considered too dangerous a post and
the observing party retired across the
line to Fourth street.
Pick of Machine Gun Men.
Suddenly and for some unexpected
reason the federal machine guns were
silenced. The rifle fire, however, kept
up without intermission. 1t was ap-
parent that the rebel sharpshooters
were concentrating fire on the ma
chine gun operators and were slowly
picking them off. Time and again the
guns appeared to be unnamed.
New Men Take the Places.
At 7:45, however, an hour and
quarter after the battle opened, the
machine guns were again in action
and We're raking the rebel position on
two sides.
American Doctors and Nurses.
The Red Cross volunteers crossed
the border and went upon the field at
this hour Dr. Shine was chief sur
geon of the volunteers. Every sur.
geon in Douglas and many from Bis
bee were being brought to the line to
attend the wounded. Women and girls
expressed their willingness to act as
nurses.
List of Dead Very Heavy.
1t was certain that the list of killed
and wounded would be very heavy.
American Newspaper Man Wounded.
Oscar G. Coll, who accompanied the
Associated Press correspondent, was
struck by bullet on the side of the
head while he was watching the pro.
gress of the fight from Fourth street.
A long cash was cut in his scalp and
blood streamed over his face. He was
not seriously wounded, however.
Coll was the first American struck
on this side of the line in today's
fighting. He is newspaper man, en-
ployed in Tombstone, and was former
ly immigration commissioner of Co.
at the Red Cross hospital.
Federal Flank Prevented.
The fire from the rebel trenches
was having it's effect on the right wing
of the federal force and this portion
Of the advancing nationals was driven
back.
In falling back, however, they swung
n 70
enough to come into contact with the
rebels lying in the trenches which
had been dug to prevent left flank
movement. Here a heavy body of
rebels was posted to prevent the fed
erals gaining the American line.
Rebel Bullets Into Douglas.
AS the fire belched from these en-
trenchments the rebel bullets sped
across the line into the southeast Sec
tion of Douglas and into two school
buildings.
AS the federals fell back, the rebel
commander.in-chief pushed forward
his men, and with others coming up to
support them, continued to engage the
right wing. Firing grew fainter as
the rebels retired on this quarter.
Rebels Hold Their Positions.
At 10:30 the firing ceased with the
rebels holding every position which
they occupied at the beginning of the
battle. The rebels began digging new
trenches at once.
Red" Lopez reported the rebel loss
in the trenches light. American
troops had forced Douglas residents
back to Sixth street within three
blocks of the center of the city.
Firing is Resumed.
Firing was resumed at II o'clock.
The federal machine guns were still
out Of commission.
Another American Shot.
Another American, John Hamilton,
has been shot. He was in Douglas,
nearly in the center of the city, when
hit in the breast by bullet.
Twenty insurgent dead have just
been brought into Aqua Prieta.