Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-14
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and had established perfect patrol along
the lines.
The troopers went coolly about their busi-
ness OF preventing any ono crossing .he
international boundary from either side.
From Auga Prieta long line Of federal
troops swept up over the bare mesa. ad-
vancing rapidly toward the rebel line ap-
preaching from the east
FederaIs Await Rebels.
As the forces drew near che federals
formed a solid fighting front. When about
half a mile from the rebels the federals
crouched low and awaited the oncoming
rebels.
on the right Of the federal force was the
Twenty seventh regiment OF infantry On
the lift wing was the Thirteenth infantry.
while in the center were thirty modnted
rurales.
The federals had halted Oh the gentle
slope OF the draw, almost at the point
where the road runs from Auga Pr,eta
toward Cabullona. only few bushes q
mesquite broke the landscape AMI rebels
could easily observe the federals. They con-
tinued TO advance until within 500 yards of
the federal line At this point the fc4eraIs
arose from their knees and BEGAN firing.
The rebels deployed TO the right ard
left. shooting from their horses end then
dropping from their saddles 90 fire from
their knees. At the first vollev. several
federal soldiers dropped The soldiers of
the Twenty seventh regiment seemed to
bear the brunt of the rebel fire
The rebels, after a short encounter at
close range galloped over the crest Of m
draw, the federals following. As the fed
erals appeared on high ground the in
surgents poured in a deadly lire and II
was at this point that most OF the federal
soldiers we're shot.
Lieutenant Wounded.
Lieutenant Manuel Robes OF the Twenty
seventh fell, shot through the right
shoulder and the right arm. Lieutenant
Morales, also OF the Twenty-seventh,
| dropped with a similar wound
The loss of these two men Is thought
to have affected the ranks Of the federals,
for the troops on the left swung around
followed blindly over the next ridge, where
| they were encountered by thirty rebels al
range not greater than 200 yards.
| Here fell Corporal Veiegas, his right lee
shattered close to the hip.
Silvestro Ramirez of the Twenty-seventf
was also shot through the right leg, and
/ five soldiers were killed.
Beyond the last little ridge the rebels
! continued to retreat toward the east, the
federals following and firing as they ad
vanced.
! The rurales deployed in the skirmish lint
far to the right in an apparent endeavoi
to flank the retreatng rebels. A rebe
| who had been endorsed and who was II
hiding in the brush gave himself up.
Those of Blancos men who had not beer
engaged in the battle climbed to highe
ground at the base of the foothills, an,
the fighting force galoped back to joii
them.
During the engagement at least 500
! American lined the border.
Captain Johnson, i'm the early part o
the action, received a couriers messag
from the Mexican consulate to the effeC
that just south Of Auga Prieta there wa
a force of $50 insurrectos which, it was ex
pected, would charge the town from tn
south.
Captain Johnson Immediately ordered
warning to be given to the Americans, Blu
few of them needed the advice, shown
eagerness to rush to the battlefield as 500
as the firing had begun.