Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-09
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VI T"No itNt. Mha IN stHflt'
engagement between revolutionary
Iorccs and icderals az Juaroz Is rag.
ine today The entire rebel army
broke camp during the night and this
morning were swarming into tOwa.
Privatos Einll' Garcia and Cassidy
OF the American legion with the IN.
surroc'oS. who came TO III paso this
morning 10 gci food, stated that al.
ready iiltecn Americans were killed
and the lnsurrccto lus1 would PROB.
ably roach hundicd and dirty XIII
I'd aad wounded. The icderals loss
Is more than double that
Cassidy said General Villareal had
arrived from Oiinaga with reinforce.
menis and two pieces OF artillery
Prospects of Rebel success are de-.
pcndcn, upon the ability OF the tea.
erals TO use their twelve machine
guns in the town
General Madcro admitted today
he had given consent 20 general
atiack. bul declared the foderals hal
opened fire ana the men who were
reported as revolving against him
had pursued the federal5 OF their own
accord AMI could not rclinquish their
position
Madcro said he made effort to mr..
range an mmisticc last night bnt
Jailed because ~ The progress the ~.
tack already had made All the lead.
crs had been acting ON MaderO's or
dcrs
General Navarro wouisl have con.
s"nicd To an armisticc II The rcbci4
had evacuated tn town. bui the rebel
chief ny that time had given orders
Tor an attack primarily TO reinforce
Two hundred brave fellows who had
forced their way into luarez despite
federal trenches and barricados
Bullets have been pouring into III
Paso AID American Troops are keep,
ing siRhtsecrs three blocks away
from the river
An Associated Press COR spondcni
returned from the interior of luarel
az " 10 O'Clock aud reported that the
rebels are Sloall gaining possession
of the town The federals ar keep
ing up continuous fire from the
church IN the center o. the ioWh.
but from no other point The lh,
surroCi0s are conrealing thcir
whereabouts by Withholding their
IRE ana are skulking behind houses
IN a gradual advance toward the fed.
cral stronghold
Colonel Guribaldi has given orders
tu the lnsnrroctos IN his command to
bring the field artillery into .hr
streets preparatory 10 shelling the
church Colonel Garihalii said that
of the Ameriacns In his company.
only one. a man named Clark had
been killed but that captain lndn
felt, his chief officer, was unhurt \
Anderson AMI T. Bor"hean 80 he
American legion in the Gariballi
command has been wounded The
correspondent saw only siN wounded
In the insurrecto lines
The fight. ihs afternoon IL cen
tered about the old church. where tho
iederals have apparently concentrate
ed their forces and the insurroctos
under GHribaldi. are pouring IN a
rapid fire from their rifles
The federals are gathered not only
In the church but about huge gas
tank. Telegraph AMI telephone wires
have been severed and are laying in
The streets hampering the soldiers IN
their lighting, The Mcxicans. this
afternoon, are filllag the front RANKS
ana leading the fighting They ara
followed closely by the American
brigade.
The old church which has been
fortified by bags OF sand on the root
ana Dy loop holes cut through the
walls for the use Of riflcmcn. is
plainly showing the effects of the
BON bardment from tho nsurrecto
guns. u Is not known how badly the
inmates OF the church are suffering
from the hot fire which Is being
poured In uDon them.
A. i.is o'clock there was relative
ly little change IN the positions at
The two forces and unless the church
is taken before nightfall. battle in
The dark viii likely follow
The day has been one OF horror N
juare6 r.i r.ar. rr.,secs have
sought the protection OF the Ameri'
can side.
For fear Of killing their own men
who are scattered all over Juarca
the insurrectos this afternoon ceased
firing their field pieces None ~
The rebel Officers have been hit thus
far A big explosion near the Iuaroz
church was heard this morning a
short time before noon II was an
parently near the head OF Commercio
street and is believed 10 have been
federal mine though II may hav-