The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-14

dred soldiers has several times whip
ped The rebels so badly that ii took
them several days each time to re-
cover This time he fought until his
last shot Was exhausted, and remain
cd resisting the rebels until he had
no more than fifteen men with him.
The fighting rad been of the hand
to hand order for half an hour before
he fed across the arizona line, and
gave himself up to Captain H. A. Sci
fert, Ninth United States cavalry, this
morning Twice had houses in which
he vas fighting been fired by the
rebels, and driven from both of these
places the old general fought with a
rife IN the streets against the foe
In plain views of the Americans in
NaCo, Ariz. The general fired his
last shot when he was less than one
hundred feet from the international
line with rebels less than one hundred
feet away from him. Then he walk
ed slowly over the line and gave up.
When the battle opened this morn
Ing at 3 o'clockn. General Ojeda had
less than three hundred men. and the
rebels numbered fully one thousand,
and the attacking party were armed
with field pieces of a heavy caliber.
while General Ojedas ammunition for
his canno had been entirely exhausted
by months almost continuous fight
tSg, His men saw the futility of
further resistance to the rebel hordes,
and began deserving him in large
numbers. Two got his officers, his
Paymaster and doctor, crossed the line
shortly after daylight, ACCOMPANIED
by number Of his men, who no long
er had any ammunition. One of his
men brought over the breech locks Of
the generals now useless cannon. So
that when they fell into the hands
Of the rebels they would be useless.
Before attacking, the rebels slipped
up under cover OF darkness to the
very edge of the town and began
firing the houses within their reach.
Then they rushed upon the federals,
who We're in the fort. This building
was soon fired, and with his small
handful of men, who still had am
munitiOn, General Ojeda fell back to
the customs house
Heavy Slaughter.
The fighting was hand 10 hand,
Dynamite hastily made into hand
grenades was used by both sides. and
the slaughter was terrific. Soon the
customs house was in flames, and
then o1eda, his officers and his re-
naming men took to the streets. fight
ing between them and the rebels
continued when General Ojeda q
last bullet was fired. he walked over
the line accompanied by his fifteen
remaining men.
Eighty-six federal wounded are be-
ing cared for tonight at this place
and accounting for the deserters who
came to this side and are detained
and those who surrendered with the
general. 1t is estimated that Oieda
had over one hundred killed In to-
days battle. The rebel loss is sup.
posed to have been very heavy. since
the fighting was at such close quar-
ters.
During the fighting many bullets
fell on the American side of the line
bat they did little damage although
many buildings on this side, deserted
by their occupants. are riddled al.
most as badly as the buildings on the
Mexican side of the line.
Fifty Yaqui Indians, of the attack
ing party Of rebelts, refused to par
ticipate in the early morning attack
and came to the American side and
surrendered as soon as the battle
opened.
A total OF 24l men and 20 ofi.
GERS are now in the hands Of the
United States troops here, as pris-
oners, as a result OF surrenders during
the day Of Mexican federals.