Arizona republican., 1913-03-16
General Ojeda, With Less Than 500 Huerta Soldiers, Goes Out to Meet and Defeat Apparently Over whelming Enemy
RETURNS READY
 FOR ANOTHER BOUT
Constitutionalistas Are Be ing Reinforced and It Is Feared Last Sonora BOr- der Town Must Soon Succumb
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

ASSOCIATED PhESS blcf hAC1ii NACO. March 15.-Instead of wait , ing to be attacked by nearly 1000 insurgent state troops, General OJeda' with less than 500 federals, went out today from NacO and met and de- feated the enemy in three hours of aggressive fighting. Peppcring the . enemy's line with rifle and machine gun bullets and spraying lead from shrapnel shells over the hills adopted as Qualifications, Huerta's federals drove the state forces five miles to the southeast.
 Late today the government forces , returned victoriously to the Mexican 1 border town and customs port oppo- l site this point But even the Vlctors 1 do not believe the fighting is ended, nor that Naco is secure from an assault State forces are reassemollng tonight in still greater numbers to wrest the only remaining port of the Sonora border from the hands of the Huerta national government With the advantage of an unexpected gar risOn in possession of five artillery pieces, the little brown barefooted sol diers defending the military honor of  wild men against seemingly over whelmng odds. Protected by artillery fire over their heads, the federals scrambled over the hillocks and fear Iessly crashed their rifles on the heads of the enemy appearing upon the horizon of the rolling country along the border.
 The group under Elias Gales first
 Tyr iT fn attack. rather than be attacked, the state troops were surprised and soon fell back.
 The other half of the constitution alist forces under Prefect Bracamonte rushed to the rescue from the east With the roar of artillery and the continued rattle of the mausers, the battle was on For an hour the des- perate fighting continued. Little by little the state troops fell back under the biting fire Of the aggresSors. For a full mile the Huerta soldiers pur- sued closely the retreating enemy, ad- vancing their artillery from the rear skirmiSh lines.
 The bodies of the killed and wound- ed state troops lay tonight on the deserted field. In behalf of the state of Arizona, Sheriff H. C. Wheeler of Tombstone insisted early in the day that there be no repetition of the shooting across the border as at the Nogales battle.
 This moved the federal commander to abandon his Qualifications and he set out after the enemy. Five troops of the Fifth and Ninth United States cavalry were on duty along the bor- der keeping back the non -cOmbatants. The only person wounded during the fight on the American side was A. Hopkins. a deputy United States mar shal. He was injured in the knee while doing neutrality duty on the line.
 At Nogales, American volunteers in automobiles braved the fire to rescue the wounded under the protection of the Red Cross flag. One American physician is missing.
 Jubilant over their victory, the fed erals soon began returning to Naco' and took up their quarters in the barracks late today. Ojeda had driven the state troops back to the southeast until at last reports they were five miles from Naco.
 ''I do not think the fight is ended admitted the federal commander, put am still in possession of Naco ano expect to contest every inch Of the way. Every time we are threatened 1 shall put up a fight
 Ojeda states his losses for the day fighting were only nine killed and twelve wounded He estimates the loss of the enemy as much greater owing to the artillery fire.
 None were injured on the American side except the Arizona deputy United States marshal wounded early in the day. Dr. Randall of Douglas. how ever. is missing While assisting the wounded on the field, he abandoned his automobile on the Mexican side A search for the missing physician is being made by Sheriff Wheeler.
 That the fighting has not ended l: indicated by the reports of the ar rival of strong constitutional re
 Inducements. Small groups of stat troops are pressing in from the in terior points.
 Already four hundred hard -fightini Yaqui Indians are well on their wa, from NOgales. The warriors are sail to be making record march to tn assistance of the beSiegerS.