Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-17
INDECISVE BATTLE
FOUGHT NEAR
JUAREZ
BOTH FEDERALS AND
INSURRECT0S RE TIRE
.Diaz Soldiers Lose Six Killed
and Several Wounded, Rebel
Casualties Unknown Dead
Left On Field.
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El Paso. Tex. April 1.-THE sec
ond battle OF Bauehe has resulted as
the first fought on February 4. The
insurrectos left the field ana tne red
erals have come back TO Juarez.
Whether the insurrectos retired be-
cause of lack OF water. as on the first
occasion or as q result of message
from DR. Gomez az Washington rela-
tive TO peace is not known. mess
age was received here last night by
the El Paso junta. however, to be de-
livered to Francisco l, Madero, aad
this was sent south in duplicate by
two courers during the night Whe-
ther Madero was near Juarez the
junta does not know What the
message contained junta officials will
not state, but they had II that II has
to do with peace and win not deny
that Or. Gomez counseled inactivity
pending negotiations which he now
mas on with Mexico City.
The federals lost six dead, includ-
Ing Lieutenants Baturoni and Abigail
Jiminez, and six wounded, including
Captain porfrio Hernandez The
wounded were brought back to Juarez
during the night. The dead were left
on the battlefield and were still there
this afternoon when the Associated
Press correspondent visited the scene.
Mexican officials with automobiles
were met going to the battle field to
bring back the dead The sederals
had fired bridge on the railroad be-
tween Bauehe, where the fight oe-
and Juarez, a distance OF about six
miles south of Juarez.
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order TO block the railroad, an the In
surrecto train had been wrecked at
Baurhe as II came from the south.
rederals placed dynamite under the
tracks on Thursday and the charge
blew up the train. The insurroctos
had two cars loaded with railroad
ties and these cars received tile brunt
of the damage When the insurree-
tos retired they took their locomotive
and some OF their ears with them.
but left two cars besides those wreck
! ed Beside the track were some
bloody clothes showing that they had
some dead or wounded, None were
ileM on the field. however 'rhe In
surreotos left three very old rifles and
three saddles.
Riding over the field. the Associate
ed Press correspondent found two
bodies of dead federals. One was
fun of bullet holes Another had
been rifled by vandals, the pockets
being turned. A handkerchief was
over the face of this corpse. A dead
dog. shot through the neck. was be-
side the first body. The animal was
the regimental mascot.
General Navarro has not yet pre-
vented Americans from crossing to
and from Juarez and the town oper-
ated its saloons and gambling games
as usual during the day. American
troops on the Texas side Of the river
took extra precautions during the day
to prevent Americans getting too near
the river If there was II battle In
Juarez. but the precautions were not
necessary.
There was no fighting this morning.
The insurrectOs and federals ceased
their battle near Bauche come time
last night. and when the federal rein
forcements which came were en- route
from Juarez to the scene OF the battle
they met the other federals coming
back All returned to Juarez today
In Juarez tonight the federals are
keeping strict guard all over the
town. Soldiers patrol the housetops.
and some of the men are In the
trenches just outside the town while
mounted scouts are patrolling In all
directions. The higher military Of
licials are not looking for any attack,
however, and insurrecto officials on
TINS sdde of the line are of the opln-
ion that there will be no fighting at
least until DR., Gomez negotiations
are concluded The insurrectoa have
insisted all the time that there was no
danger or an attack for some time and
that Madero is not yet close to
Juarez.