The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-18

 mounted standing beside their horses The mounts were finally moved to she!- tered positions behind the adobe buildings along the line. The army ambulances also were held here.
 A. great throng gathered at Fifth street 55 yards from the international line. intent on witnessing the battle, but the American patrol forced back all persons except those carrying passes.
 Twenty men were detailed to take the field on the Mexican side of the line fol Red Cross work and about 100 volunteers were held on this side to take care of the injured.
 Oscar Coll who accompanied the As sociated Press correspondent, was struck by a bullet on the side of the head while he was watching the progress of the fight from Fourth street A long gash was cu in his scalp and blood streamed over his face.
 Lopez Describes Battle The Associat ted Press correspondent crossed the line and found Red" Lopez one of the rebels who commanded the gar rison. All of Lopezs men had been ep | gagged since the early firing began we concentrated our fire of sharp | shooters on the two machine guns tha the federals had brought into actior and succeeded In putting them out oi business" said Lopez. The loss of life Is undoubtedly heavy. At this hour [ believe we have beaten the federals badly"
 By this time firing had been renewed The rebels in the ditches along the American line were engaged and the American inspection party in the au- tomoblle were compelled to retire has, tily into Douglas
 .afl ,tt to the warning not to fire into Amer ican territory but firing from low land they elevated their guns and the bull lets carried into the city of Douglas On little knoll, at Mexican cem- etery, the rebels had contriyed a dirt for 300 feet long. The federal fire di- rected at this point skinned the ground and whizzed into the streets of the American town. The whole sec ton of the city between Fifth street and the international line was de- serted
 The American custom house was un- der fire constantly and the citizens sheltered there took refuge in deer ditch.
 At 1:3O the firing ceased with the rebels holding every positoin which battle. The rebels began digging new trenches at once.
 Red Lopez reported the rebel cas- ualties in the trench as light. Amer jean troops had forced Douglas resi- cents back to Sixth street, within three blocks of the center of the city
 Shots from the federal battalions southwest of Agua Prieta crashed which had position a little to the through the home of Robert Rand, chief auditor of the Queen Consolidated Min ing company. Mir. Rand and his fam fly were driven out.
 The American soldiers exposed to the fire behaved with courage and coolness At 9 o'clock they alone maintained their positions along the line. Thousands of spectators covered the housetops far ther back and flled the streets com manding view of the battle ground.
 At 930 a. m. the firing was continu- ing but the federal machine guns were heard no more and appeared to be out of commission.
 Firing was resumed at II o'clock. The federal machine guns were still out of commission.
 Mrs. Alice Gattliff. the American wom- an who remained in Agua Prieta with the Stars and Stripes flying above her little curio store. telephoned to Douglas at 10:i0 a.. m. that she was still unhurt Red Lopez, the insurrecto chief who