New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
CHARGED FEDERAL TROOPS
Eighty Men, All Young Amer''
cans. Went Into Action, but
Only Twenty Came Out.
MET A MuRDERous FIRE
Mexican Regulars, FugltiSes
Say, Bayonetted All the
Williams
Deserter from Amer
lean Army.

Mexicali. Mex. April . "e"e'a
Stanley Williams. the American VINO mas
been declared an outlaw because OF 'ne
many depredations committed by his fo''
,owers in Lower California. hurled ms
little battalion OF rebels against Coiohe'
Miguel Mayots FIVE hundred Mexica"
.or,,Iars on the mesa. FIVE miles south OF
NexicaIi to-day. Eighty insurgents went
into the fight. but only twenty returned
from the field.
Williams was fatally wounded ana -
nov in the custom house here WIN I'D
head torn by fragment from an eNp'oo'
ing shell With half a dozen fusitiVes
% his command. he was overtaken by
federal shell, which exploded a'ho"s
them. sending up geyser OF "ah'0'
smoke and fragments Of human oooies'
HE wagon trains were captured. WIN
nearly all the stores and livestock "e
took in his raids yesterday on seNera'
ranches.
Tho battle of Mexicalr' began shortiy
after noon. Wlliamss men couiu
seen to leap out of trenches ana rush io'
ward toward the federal line advancins
IN dashes from cover to cover
FederaIs Took No Prisoners
Survivors struggling into Mexican ,o'
night declare that the federais 'ooA u"
prisoners All those not killed by the
ere of tho federal rifles. machine guns
and artillery were. IL IS alleged s'dus"
tered mercilessly by bayonets IN the
hands of federal soldiers. They aiso' "
ia declared. fired on the hospita' tent
o,d ambulance which accompanied the
rebels to the field. DR.. w b. Larkins'
tho surgeon In charge. and his assist
ants who arrived In Mexican WIN INC
survivors appealed 10 the United states
authorities To send Red Cross ala 10 'he
scene of the fight and save those they
could Of the wounded.
News of the repulse was brought oH
mounted rebel. who, with one arm
nearly shot off fell exhausted from MS
horse in front Of the headquarters OF 'ne
! rebel commander III ClilNi' ''"
mas. and burst into tears.
We have been slaughtered ne crieo'
INV nal was killed beside me.
Asked who his comrade was he re-
replicd. General Stanley.
Williams was still known as stanley
TO his men OF the 'independent oi''slo"
~ the liberal army" despite the reVeia-
,ion Of his real name and the fact tha'
he vas a deserter fom the United states
army.
Later Williams was brought in allVe'
h,, prorounced fatally wounded ara
20 tho United states army hospi-
"a, in the custom house at CaleNico'
across the line.
When General Salinas heard OF MS
subordinates fate he maintained MS
stoical calm.
"r told him he was fool when ne SAID
he WAS going out to fight them, he re-
marked philosophically. If he had re-
n,ained here the federals would have
hoen forced to attack us in position OK
= orr own choosing. consented TO MS
Going ont but only when he demand.
ed it,
Assaulted Overwhelming Force.
Every detail of Williamss sortie from
the intrenched position of the rebels mere
in Mexicah emphasized the daring OF
his assault on the overwheimihs ieoef".
forces With his troops in formation OIL
q column of twos he marched direcuy
south after crossing the sixty-foot WASH
of the New River. which surrounds ths
town on three sides and constitutes us
} most formidable defence. His cavalry
,,r,hersno twenty-s seven. formed the
advance guard for his infantry. ana IN
,he rear brought up his wagon train.
With all the supplies and livestock taken
In his recent raids. as If fully conndene
Of cutting his way through the federais.
rho ambulance a converted wagon
,akep fom the Cudahy ranch. trailed be-
hind on short dashes the cavalry ad-
vanced 10 reconnoitre. while the inian-
fry waited. This was at a. m Two
hours later they encountered the nrst
outposts of Mayots force. four miles
south of Mexicali. Mayots men OF the
sb Battalion used smokeless powder.
hut the smoke from the black powder OK
the rebels cartridges revealed their po-
sition at each shot.
Williams deployed his men In open
order 10 render the fire Of the federal
machine guns and artillery least disas'
trous The ambulance was posted IN
ciumn of trees on the Little ranch while
the rebel battle lire plunged into a heid
of harley. and under cover of the grow
Il ing grain advanced steadily.
Moved Down by Machine Guns.
y Engrossed In apparently deliberate
tpreparations for battle on Sunday
d Mayot seemed surprised by tho attack.
u and for n time II looked as II Williamss
m idea Of doing the unexpected and taking
IS the fight To the enemy might succeed.
n But in few minutes the barley VAS
trampled Nat and the exposed Insurgents
:, were then subjected To their first expert-
30 ence Of machine gun fire.
,s The automatics spat viciously from
the federals main position on the soutn