Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-27
A TWO DAY BHTTlE
Field is DESERTED
Il.BfIS BACK N JUARlL MD
IIDl,RNLS ARE IN FULL
RETREAT.
DEATH LIST IS SMALL
rcatcst Number of Dead We're
Prisoners Captured on the Field
of Battle.

7" EL PASO, Texas. Nov Cone
= undred and eighty-four wounded
: icn are in the Juarez hospitals TO-
: isht as a result Of the unsuccessful
{ cderal attack ON Juare2.
Paucho villa and six thousand
troops are back In JuarcA. South OF
Juarez for Is or 20 miles there are
no rebel soldiers. villa says he has
some further south and that the city
is well guarded against rc-uppoar-
ance of the enemy
villa captured a number of federal
field pieces and a military train. He
said Yesterday that he captured five
hundred federal soldiers. Today he
brought less than zoo 10 Juarez. He
admits executing some of them. APP
iarentlv the greater number Of dead
as result Of the fighting are hose
who faced the firing squad and paid
the penalty Of supporting the Huerta
cause rather than that Of villa, Ma
dego or Carrauzas. A trip over ihe
battlefield today revealed only a few
bodies.
Plenty of empty cartridges and ex-
ploded sharpness were found on the
fields Two newly made graves were
seen near Mesa where villa had his
headquarters and two bodies were
placed on train at Mesa late this
afternoon by rebel soldiers
The hands Of both bodies we're tied
and they had evidently died at the
hands of eNecutiouers
Ample evidence of activity was an
parent today in the recent locations
OF 'he wo armies bur the field was
more Uttered than would have been
the case II any big cncampment os
men had been made there for TWO OF
three days.
Rebel saldiers explained that the
federal dead had been gathered up
and buried and they pointed off he
ycnd he hills If there were many
I'd'raI dead as the result Of the bat
Tie, other than executions the rebels
carried them a great distance across
the country 20 bury them. ON some
| hills where federal cannon had heen
planted there were dead horses and
many tracks Of men horses and cam
non wheels. There also were piles Of
discharged rifle shells in the trenches
but there were no traces of freshly
turned earth that would indicale
graves In the territory whore the
rebel lines and fortifications lay the
two newly made graves near Mesa and
the two bodies were all that appeared
to sight
There were other dead. for rebels
with spades came In from remote
sccions Of the field but the death
list Is not heavy The general bclief
Is that most Of the men who filled
the grave were men who were shot
after capture
The rebels admit executing prison.
crs who had volunteered for seryica
with he federals The rebel army
riding into Juarez today from its vic
tory south OF the city exhibited many
souvenirs Of the conquest. Some Of
the soldiers wore the blue uniforms OF
the laie fedcrals. divcsted of their
brass buttons and insignia Many rebel
Officers wore Capes and coats NJ fed
cral Officers and one rebel captain
wore new cap Of federal officer
The rebels admitted removing uni
forms Of the men they executed be-
fore shooting them. explaining that i
was necessary to conserve all wear
ing apparel
Nearly AN Of Villas fighting men
are quartered in Juarez tonight No
body remains on the battlefield An
occasional lame horse released by the
rebels because Of its further useless
ness. nibhling at the scant. trtmpled
vegetation, is the only sign Of life A.
the point whore ten thousand men
fought Yesterday and the day before
\ train which was abandoned bv
the fedcrals few miles south OF
Samalayuca In the re- reat 10 the south
after the battle of TERRA Blanca. was
captured by General Francisco Villas
rebel troops late this afternoon. ac-
cording to an official message receiy-
ed tonight at he Juarcz military
headquarters. on the train were four
field pieces belonging to the federal
forces
The twenty cars Of the train loaded
with the cffecs Of the federal regi-
mcnt
ON tho TERRA Blanca battlefield to-
day wore found 90 bodies Of rebel
soldiers who had been taken prison
crs Of war by the federal troops
which fought villa fot two davs and
who had been executed
Arhansd~ VIA, Win.