The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-16
GENERAL VILLA ACCOMPLlSHES GREATEST PIECE OF STRAIT.
 EGY OF THE WAR.
SURPRISED THE GARRISON
Believed to Be eeseeing Chihuahua, He Entrains His Army and Storms the City Before His Presence In the North Is Even Suspected

Fl Paso, Texas, Nov. 15-For the sixth time in the last three years
 Ciudad Juarez changed governments
 when 2,000 rebels, led by General Pan. cho Villa, attacked and captured the
 town between 2:3O and o'clock this
 morning. Taken by surprise, the federal garrison of about 400 men put up weak resistance.
 So unprepared for the battle were Hhe federal defenders that Villas troops actually reached the center of the town before a shot was fired. Although an accurate account has not been completed, it is estimated that 40 persons were killed in the fighting. The rebels lost five men, the federal dead is estimated at 30. and four or five non-combatants were killed. Among them was Charles who was on the main street in Juarez in his automobile.
 No footing" was the order given by Villa to his men after the town had surrendered. and not a single case of theft has been reported. Guards were placed at downtown stores with orders to shoot the first man who attempted to loot,
 The rebels captured 125 federal pris. oners, 95000 rounds e ammunition, two field pieces and two machine guns in addition to an important border port of entry and a military strategic point.
 General Francisco Castro, com. mander of the Juarez garrison, is among the missing. It is the general opinion that he escaped. No trace of him or his body has been found. His scabbard, sword and epaulets were found in his residence and General Villa has them for souvenirs.
 Fl Paso police this afternoon | thought they had captured General ! Castro in El Paso, but the prisoner proved to be a colonel from the Jua reg garrison. He was sent to Fort Bliss a prisoner.
 Bullets fell thick in El Paso dur ing the attack and Chester l.. Bur nett, a messenger boy, was shot through the hand while walking the streets in the early hours. Almost all the downtown business structures were hit by bullets. All Fl Paso was aroused by the firing and the streets were soon filled with people. Miracu- lously, no others were struck.
 United States troops took station | near the international boundary and held the Americans away from the l danger zone as much as possible ] while the battle lasted
 Order was quickly restoried in 1 Juarez after the equalization and this | afternoon at o'clock street car sery ice between Fl Paso and JuaTez was resumed and Americans began tol flock to the Mexican city. Little dam age was done in JuareZ, as the rebels had no cannon.
 Villa assured Mayor c. E. Kelly off Fl Paso that all Americans would re- ceive protection. They met in the center of the international bridge at noon today and later Mayor Kelly, ac- companied Villa to the Juarez GUS toms house, the new rebel headquar- ters, where they talked for few minutes. Mayor Kelly on his return or dered the bridges opened and traffic between the towns was resumed Villa expressed regret that an American had been killed, and de- clared that if the federals came from Chihuahua to attempt to retake Jua-
 rez he would meet them south of the town and prevent battle that would endanger Americans in Fl Paso. He said he had destroyed the railroad to Chihuahua,
 Dr. Frank w. Lynch, city physician of Fl Paso, said he had seen the body of Colonel Enrique Portillo in | the streets of Juarez this afternoon Portillo was a federal commander and
 was made prisoner. Captain Torres, another federal commander. was re- | norted axanufad at noon today