El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-28

ordered out to head off the attempt OF
4e federal column to flank the rebels.
The machine gun which Campo mad,
was stationed between the mountain
peak which the cannon occupied and
the railroad The infantry was sent
out to the west to occupy the reservoir,
which had been empued and was COW
cred with e coating OF mud There is
a ranch to the west Of the reservoir
and the Liberals had a body of men
stationed at this ranch, ready to pre-
vent any attempted flank movement.
Battle Opens.
The fighting started Sunday morn
ing about 10 O'Clock. The rebels opened
fire from all lines at the same time.
The cannon opened and the machine
gun ratified away ana everything was
up and doing. The federals answered
with Volley firing and directed the ar
tllery fire at the mountain where the
rebel cannon was stationed The mule
that / had been riding was hit amid.
two more bullets later on After that 1
walked The bullets sang songs over
our heads ike bees ana the firing was
much heavier than It was in Juarez last
May. The first two dead rebels that
found were in q canyon TO the east o.
the artillery. The te0erals had tried
flank movement to get behind the can
non and 1 thought they were going 10
heavy for the federals and they re-
treated double quick, but not in dis
order. The federals ran into the reb-
els at the ranch house beyond the reser-
voir. This was another unsuccessful
attempt to flank the rebels, which
failed and the federals left 80 dead At
this point
FederaIs Driven Back.
The main column coming up the
railroad track and irrigation bitches
was repulsed by the fire from the rebel
artillery and the terrific rifle fire
which was being poured down upon
them from the rebel ranks. This col
uInn le1L q mountain nOWlLzer gun IN
The acequIa when they retreated ana
three machine guns were captured, one
on top OF the section house at COrralltos
and one each on the right and left OF
the track The one on top OF the sec
ton house was manned by a federal
who was found with MS arms wrapped
around the gun ana with five bullet holes
Ihrough MS BODY. Al three columns
withdrew into the hills about o'clock
in the afternoon and the rebels fol-
lowed up their advantage by pursuing
them into the hills 70 the south.
Campa's Flank movement.
The famous flank movement which
Campo executed started in the morning
We could see the columns going DOLn
ways around the mountains TO get in
behind the federals and cut them Oft
from the base at TOrreOn- They got
around Tar enough TO scare them. but
could not cut them entirely off, as they
retreated so rapidly that the movement
could not be completed Had the rebels
succeeded IN getting in behind the fed
erals. the federals would have been
trapped and shot to pieces as they were
in evident disorder
Three Hundred Dead and Wounded.
The federals left their supplies
cooking utensils, half cooked food ana
their dead and wounded There we're
800 dead and bounded on this battle
field belonging 70 the federals- The
Liberal loss was small, as they were in
the protected positions in the reservoir
and behind the hills Another cannon
which fired solid shot was picked up
flank movement II was a z9-pounQ,
long range gun, which was used BY the
federals during the battle, but without
any effective work being done
Rebels Destroy Cannon.
The federals retreated as Ear as
EscalOn and burned up all OF their pro-
visions and seven cannon which they
could not get on the troop trains TO
take back to TOrreon- This retreat to-
ward TOrreon was about midnight The
rebels took 40 prisoners, who were sent
back to Chihuahua with the wounded
federals and rebels The rebels spent
the night on the battlefield with the
dead and wounded all around them The
rebels buried all of the dead they could
find The burning OF the dead and
wounded by the federals occurred near
EscalOn, where a skirmish took place
on Friday.
Rebels Have Ammunition.
The rebels seemed TO be plentifully
supplied with ammunition and the men
went into action at CorralitOs with
from 800 TO 500 rounds each besides two
cars of II with a man giving fl out to
the runners who were carrying II 10
the front
The battle OF Corralitos was one
sided, for it was all in favor Of the reb-
els The federals tried but one move
ment and when this failed they re-
treated. They found that they were
so Outnumbered that they could not
Withstand the odds. We had no accu-
rate estimate of the federal forces and