The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-01
Final Effort to Crush de Facto
Government Expected AT
Aqua Prieta Today
UNITED STATES TROOPS
TO PROTECT AMERICANS
General Davis and $500 Sol
diers to Step in Against Villa
II American Life or Property
u Damaged

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n Paso, Tex, Oct. 31.--Tho crisp,
eold. clear atmosphere OF mountain
and nassa south OF Aqua Prieta, So
nora, was punctuated tonight with
huuireds Of ANAL fiickArtng camp
Ares. around which small groups Of
troopers OF the army Of General villa
hsaddlad over bakinr tortilias and
roastinr animal flesh. In plain view
AZ thu earrison OF Carranxa soldiers.
under General r. e. Gales, in Aqua
Pri1ta. the viliistas bivouaced for pos
sibly their last night before their at
tack upon the border town in an ef-
fort to crush the power OF the de
facto Msxtcau government In Sonora
the Carrauxa forces sighted the villa
army early this morning. and through
out the day the clouds OF dust to the
south told that the long trek OF the
VITA forces into Sonora after defeat
In Chihuahua was about to end.
II Ia believed that he will throw
his half-starvesi. badly-crippled force
OF men against the weii-entrenched
carranza forces and make a Anal des-
perate attempt to drive them. by tho
FURY Of his assault, over the line into
Arizona. as his hast hope. In the event
Of damage to American life or prop
ertv. villa runs the risk OF having TO
fight $500 United States troops along
with the Carran1a xarrison that
should now saumbcr. nnxn. snan hia
own. The carranxa xarrison was re.
inforced last night ana today BY the
men through American territory from
Piedras Nexras. Coahuila.
Tho last OF these trains left FL Paso
early this morning. two OF the trains
having been held In tho Ell Paso rail-
road yards all night under guard of
United States soldiers. They were
released at daylight this morning.
Shortly thereafter the third train
passed through Ell Paso. The Amer
railroad yards and along the banks
lack from vslia troops or sympathizers
upon the Carranxa forces until long
after they had passed out of view to
the west.
Their esgf.t.fnch cannon glistened
n the sun rosa this morning over the
hills around El Paso. Their guns
we're planted beside the waterworks
reservoir Ana commanded the ABROAD
approaches TO ri Paso. villa troops
On patrol duty acros. the Rio orande
could be seen gazing At the big guns
pointing In their direction. There
ives no demonstration of villa forces
near the river - on yesterday when
the art Of the Carranxa troop trains
pared through Ell Paso and 500 villa
troops charged down towards tho
river hank and the train.
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