The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-14
SHELLS PASS OVER THE TORON
As Long as the Opposing Armies Re. main in Their Present Position Brownsville Will Be Safe From Fire. No One Permitted to Enter City.

Brownsville, Texas, April 13.-In a sortie today the Carranza earrisou at Matamoros inflicted a heavy blow upon the Villa aimy besiegne them General SauIonavarro. second in com mand of the Villa troops. was brought to Brownsville tonight dangerouslv wounded and the Carranza consulate here claimed the Villa dead numbered 3c0 The sortie drew from the Villa forces their long promised smelling of Matomoros, but the smelling stopped when the Carrauza garrison returned to the trenches, and tonight firine had ceased with the positions of the armies practically unchanged
 During the bombardment eight shells passed completely over Mata- moros and four others dropped in the city where they did little damage and caused no known casualties The smelling demonstrated that so long as the Villa cannon retain their pres. ent positions to the extreme west of Matamoros Brownsville is probably quite safe from shell fire. but it dem onstrated sharply what would happen to Brownsville if the besieglng artil- lery fired at Matamoros from any other dsectionH Shells from any other point except the west, fired as those sent over Matamoros today. would have dropped into Brownsville
 The last shots from the Villa artn lery were fired this afternoon when train of freight cars armorcd with machine guns attempted 10 leave Mat amoros in the direction of tae Villa lines. The Villa guns dropped two shells close To the train, wheraupoa then engineer blew his whistle twice and began baking into Matamoros
 Both factions refused all day and to- night to permit anyone to cross the river to obtain nirect news of the fighting and both claimed to have won the fight Villa officers said that the sortie first drove in tne Villa out posts, but that the Carauza troops retreatcd when the Villa cavalry brought up its main forces.
 The Villa troops were known to have some dead and wounded. bu they deniel the number was 800.
 Colonel A. P Blocksom. in charge of the United States post and the border patrol here, arranged Co guard the American side of the river close ly tonight Extra forces were sent to tho international bridge Contrary to the usual scenes during border town fighting, there was no rusA of refugees across the river from Mata- moros today. General E. F. Nafarrate, the Carranza commander put an ab- soute embargo upon any person en- tering or leaving Matamoros except the American consul and the Carran- za consul here The Carranza consul ate issued the following statement TO- ceived from General Nararrate's head quarters
 The Villistas lost 800 men killed, the number so far gathered by our forces, and there are still some on the fold, Our forces captured thirty prisoners, who are now in the Mata- mpIOS Idil, dDOul -NN HOlHtN, d ldt HN amount of ammunition for cannon, rapid firing guns and large mum Der of carbines We also captured all the Villsta supplies of food tais sid of Las Rusias Our men derail- ed Vllista train loaded with food supplies ready evidently for dash into Matamoros The train is now in cur hanls and is being guarded by our men The train was run to with in 200 yards of our trenches and then derailed
 'On our side the losses so far are seventeen killed and sixty wounded Among the killed was Lieut. Col. Mi guel Barrera Guerra.
 Among the captured munitions were two very small cannon, sixty mules loaded with ammunition and three rapid fire guns in bad condition. The brigade of General lldefonso Vas ques captured six sacks containing hand gfenades and two cases of shells for three guns Vasques also took th" records of the second Villa brigade.
 The captured cannon evidently Wer" one pounders They were not the field gnhS nsed for bomhardne Mat