The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-05
Almost Completely Sur
rounded While Attack
ing Parral.
DEFEAT BECOMES
AN UTTER ROUT
Sam Drebin, OF Philadelphia
Protects Army in It's Flight and
Has Narrow Escape-Arner-
lean Newspaper Man Tar
get for Hail of Mexi-
can Bullets.

! With General Campa's Liberal
Army, near ParTal. Mex. Arril ., tby
/; courier 10 IL paso Texas. April -
The defeat Of General Campo in MS
attack on Parral to-day was rout.
! The Federal defenders CT the ct,y
had been reinforced and ali bu, sur
rounded the rebel command which,
! ala well 10 escape destruction
| IL Is officially stated that the rebel
I iosses were three killed and twclv..
! wounded. but the list undouhtedly Is
larger, as Campo IN his high, was
! compelled to leave the wounded where
they fell IN the mountains and IN the
deep files and arroyoz Among the
alain was Campa's seventeen year old
| brother.
, = woman who Accommodated her
husband on the march fought braveiy
in the trenches. handling a rifle Xix
| II veteran. Her husband was killed
as tho retreat was about TO begin.
| The woman secured :. horse and at
; tempted 10 save the body. The horse
I tired and began TO drop behind. The
federals were steadily pressing the
| pursuit and soon got her range. Sh.
/ Kept braNely on. tho target OF 4 storm
/ o; bullets until, unnerved by the
PANIC stricken n!sht of others. she
| t!ismoun;ed tcndorly deposited her
| burden by tho roadside and ncd.
| Surrender Rcfuned.
! When Campo had planted his rapid
frers and hts field mortars he called
| Up the Mayor OF Parrai by telephone
and demanded the surrender OF the
city. The latter retused abruptly.
! ring and one OF the city's ,plazas could
/ no l,i nj ?
from the elevated position occupied
/ by the liberals. Sam Drebin. OF
! PhilsielplIia. who has been in many
revolutions and Is now captain or
artillery. opened Up with mis- rupiG
/ frcrs, and the crowds melted as II
! By magic from their exposed posi-
tions. Fifteen minutes later tho NOR
tar planted near the railroad yard
began dropping shells in the city.
! tcrmined
There vas no response from, the Fed
erals for an hour. In fanc!ed security
the liberals had pressed closer and
closer. when suddenly bullets seemed
10 come from everywhere. Villa had
all but accomplished an cn"elop Ms
moven ant. and Campo aHoke from h>
illusion of safety 10 hnd himself in u
serious prcdicamont. Captain Drehiu
/ he bad ever known
An AmHican nawspape: corresponds
cnt who had attached himself 20 Ore
bins battery had an exciting expert
cnce He had ,ethersd his horse with
those o; tho officers on th> protected
slope 81 Mill. where they seemed
perfectly safe. And 50 they were
while the attack was in front. but
when tbs Federais' thanking column
suddenly biazed out with fire which
raked the hill. every animal in the lot
was killed.
That the Federals attained the flank
ing position unopposed was due TO n
mistake as 10 their IDENTITY. They
We're fired upon AT first. but Colonel
Porra. commanding that portion of the
ticid, declared the column must be that
ana Porra stopped shooting. ouev ,na,
however. skill! was miles away, engaged
IN n skirmish OF his own.
In another hour the Federal sharp
shooters had succeeded in silencinG the
rebel artillery, and presently the re-
treat. which soon becan me rou;. began
Drebin, with rapid iirer, protected
with their guns. and all but the NOR
tar were saved. The philadelphia
was nipped twice by bullets, but his
hurts were only skin deep.
Horses Shot From Under Him.
Jack Zimmerman. OF III Paso, a gun
ncr with Drebin, escaped while Drcbin
held hack the en.my. Presently the
~ 'asoan came under fire Of ihe Fed
era! thinkers. Two horses which he
attempted 10 use in his Hight mcrc gho,
from under him. bu, he made his es-
cape on foot.
prehn, the correspondent and Iena.
clio Gutic:cz 4 gunner, by this ume
We're alone, Gutierrez was shot through
the bridge of the nosa. Drebin turned
10 the neWspapc rmnn, and asserting
that he could hold the poSition for Il
few minutes more, told him 10 run The
latter made dash OF twenty yards
and found horse secret,d In Il gully.
lie mounted and started ON a gailcp
down bill, bat a bullet found us mark
In the horses body. ana the rider was
thrown twenty fee. "a 4 pile Of rocks
lie was stunned for II moment, but re-
gaming his feet nc made for another
horse wandering riderless some yards
away. The latter fell dead before the
reportcr reached him. At this point
Drebin came up with his gun, and C;uti-
arHz Joined theni They still were un-
dc" fire. but eventually this ceased.
The gun was packed on stray horse
and the weary Adventures nludo camp
In safety at night. twenty-five miles
from tha aecno Of the lighting, having
been twenty-five hours without food
and forty hours without sleep.
Again Under Fire.
Jiminez, Mexico, April 4.-The Fed.
cral defenders of Parrel arc within
its adobe walls sustaining the fire or
the reinforced rebels. Throughout
yesterday afternoon there was nshting
nea! Raca, twenty miles distant be-
tween tie rebel rear guard under Major
Qucvada and tic Fedcrals'. who pur-
sued Campo from Pa'ri;ll Tuesday TO
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