Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-11-04
VILLA Is FORCED
TO WITHDRAW HIS
STARVING TROOPS
Without Food and Water and
With But Little Amn1uni-
tion Aqua Prieta Siege
Is Halted.
ARMY MOVING SOUTHWEST
Rebel Forces Lose $50 Men
General Gales Losses Com
paratively Small Nine
on U. S. Side Hurt.
ARMY MOVING SOUTHWEST

Washington, No. 4-Prrsldt MT
Wilson and Secretary Garrison arc
considering whether to authorize
Major General Funston 20 cross the
Mexican border Ii he nnds it nee
essarN to do so to save Douglas
from the Mexican gun fire.
Secretary Garrison today re-
fused to confirm or deny that Gen
eral Funston had asked for such
authority and the White House was
also silent. 1t was made clear at
the war department that the
American commander already has
authority to return any fire from
across the border.
An official list of yesterdays
casualties in and around Douglas.
made public by the war department
TO-DAY. contains the names Of Amer
lean soldiers not mentioned in
news dispatches. The complete
list follows:
Harry J. jones' private. Eleventh
infantry. died of wound in stomach.
Steve Macy. private Eighteenth
infantry, flesh woung in left hip.
Edward Tank. private. Eleventh
infantry. wounded in thigh.
Michael Burger. private. Seventh
infantry. slight wound. left knee.
Ollie r. Whidden. private, Sew
enth infantry. slight wound in
neck.
Frank Dudly cook. Seventh in
fantry, wound in right hand.
Walter Mays. sergeant. Seventh
infantry wound in right hand
Two civilians names unknown,
also We're reported 10 have been
wounded.
Douglas. Ariz.. Nov. 4.--General Viii
a, forced by hunger, thirst and a scan
-, A.,
lis plan for an fmmediate assault on
the strongly entrenched village OF
Aqua Priata commenced withdrawing
his army today and, shortly after 8
o'clock. most of his force was moving.
coward Anavacahi pass, IL, miles
southwest.
1t is his apparent intention to reach
water, which is plentiful further
southwest. and provision his hungry
men.
General Mendez. with force Of
about 1.500 men. has been holding the
pass for several days, and will remain
there. guardin. the entrance to the
valley for the return of Villa. Mean
time, heavy supplies of ammunition
will reach Villa from the east.
Villas retirement was saluted by an
occasional shell from the big guns OF
Aqua prieta, but by $3.50 this firing
had ceased.
Villa dead left on the field are 1886.
Two hundred We're counted lying west
of Aqua Prieta. and 1876 to the east.
Gales dead We're % soldiers and his
wounded 20.
Gales gent out cavalry forces to keep
In touch With Villa rear guard. The
battle of Aqua Preta in one respect
recalls the famous fight at Matanzas.
Cuba, in 1SaS.
u 6 CaSuaItv One Mule
Among the casualties on the lAmerf-
can side it became known today. was
one perfectly good gray mule He got
too close To the firing line and a piece
of she'll came over on the American
side and gave him his uuietus.
That Villas determine ton tenn
porarily to withdraw his forces from
the vicinity of Aqua Prieta was sudden
was shown by the fact that his gun
lieutenants in command of rapid firers
OH the right wing took nothing but
their guns with them. Large quanti-
ties of ammunition in eases was left IA
implacemcnts when the withdrawal
began.
A body of Villa infantry, estimated
to be between 1000 and 1900 men
marched through Gallardo Pass and
swung to the southwest to join the re-
firing main army.
May Mean Villa Has Quit.
American army officers are some
what mysti1ied at Villas movement.
Some believe it is his intention to with
draw from the Aqua Prieta field al
together and march southwest to at
tack large body of Carranza troops
reported to be coming from that di-
rcction.
Reiniorcements from the east
reached Villas army this morning at
an early hour according to reports
from watchers east of Douglas. Dawn,
however, showed that Villas main
forces had drawn to the southwest,
leaving only rear guards. with few
worry the garrison. Apparently it is
the intention of the Villa forces to
thoroughly provision and equip his
augmented forces before commencins
the work of reducing the defenses Of
Aqua Preta, which Villa now realizes
is far more serious undertaking than
he believed
Will Resume Attack.
This was shown this morning when
orders issued by General Funston to
keep spectators back nearly half .lile
from the International line We're modi-
fled. They do not doubt that Villa
however, the moment his army is
thoroughly provisioned and rested, Nsil
hurl 1t upon Aqua Prieta. This may
later.
American refugees ordered from the
zone within mile of the boundary
yesterday. crowded the homes north OF
Fifth street in this city today. No
body was allowed to occupy their
houses within the zone on account o1
the danger from Mexican fire Three
troops of the Thirteen cavalry lef
Columbus. N. NJ. for Douglas today.
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