Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-02
1l,OC0 Americans, 5000 Of Them Soldiers, Witness
 Mexican Fight.
ONE AMERICAN AND
 FOUR MEXICANS HURT
Villa Sets 5 |. VI. Today as Time ioi Final Assault, as Wen Have Been Without Food Since Early Sunday
 and Water Supply Is Exhausted.

Douglas. Ariz, Nov. i.-The long threatened battle for the possession of Asua Pri ia. just across the border tr m here, opened this afern""a G neral Gales commands the Carrl zista forces defending the town, Gen eral Francisco Villa is attacltn% Wllh l3 000 men.
 Shortly after the battle began, bull lets from Villas machine guns began falling on the American sid" of the border, The American customsaouS' :, where c mpany of American soldiers wcrf guarding Mexican refugs es, was rildl I.
 b. F Taylor, an American civilian, was shot in the back as he was hun'- ing cover, and fl is believed he will die.
 American sofdicrs in their trench E breasting the border line, were en dangerea by the bullets.
 Villas columns, after forming on three sides of Agua lPrieta, began drawing in about neon. The Gales outposts were driven in and shortly, heavy Villa forces, advancing from
 
 CarranzisIa trenches.
 Four Defenders Wounded.
 At 1:36 P. m., the battle proper be- gan, when the guhs defending the tewn opened on Villas artillery. The Villa batteries immediately replied and in course of the ensuing exchange about 100 shells were fired. Agua E1Prietae was severely damaged, and four of the garrison were reported wound, ed.
 It was only few minutes until Villas machine guns got into action. When the bullets began dropping on the American side. Gen. T. Y. Davis, commanding the American forces, im- m ediately sent warning to both Mexi- can leaders to change tha direction of their fire. The warnings aFwerc headed. ",l .-4. e
 With nightfall, there was luIl in the battle, although Villas artillery Kept up an intermittent cannonade. Villas army is now about q mile beyond the Agua Prieta trenches.
 At o'clock tonight, General Gales began exploding mines to the east of the town lty '.-
 Villa has set 3 o'clock Tuesday morning as the time for his final as- ,sault. His fire today severely dam aged the barbed wire entangelments and the trenches to the east of the town, and thus prepared for. a, storm ing operation
 yilIistas Without Food and Water.
 On the outcome of this attack will rest the tide of battle. If villa is unable to capture the, Carranza stronghold, he must return to San Berdardino, IS miles east, to replen- ish his. water supply. His men haya been without water since 6 o'clock tonight, and without food since early Sunday. 3e a'i.~ii+ .,5.. .-. I'-.5 s'''
 American. border patrols are re- ported to have arrest ed a party Of Villa troops on the American side, and disarmed them. This, however, had not; been confirmed at a late hour. ,'Et s.,.s,,s 4s+e. -.
 The Mexican refugees here are suf- .fsring severely tonight from hunger and cold. The refugees, are mostly women and children, and General Callens had promised to, send cloth ing and food. This has failed to ar Friva.i '''7
 Six thousand American soldiers and 5000 civilians, the former occupyine five miles of trenches 5paralleling the border, witnessed today's fighting. @-5.