The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-07-10
SEES VILLA LOSE
IN WHICH 5000
Invited 10 Trenches to Wit
ness Big Fight, corre-
spondent Is Caught IN
Thick OF Conflict.

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A FHRif.LTNGI.Y realistic picture
~ OF the great night battle at ST.
IA do, In which VIA was crushed
and 5000 Of his men ase said
TO have did. is given By John w. Rob
srts.r special CORE. pondent OF the In
texnattonsi News arvice. IN dfspateh
10 the New York American. The writ
er was IN the trenches with Villa
Mr.. Roberts wrote his description "A
the battle proceeded He was shot
through the leg. but was rescued by
one OF Villas gunners, an American
named T.. ID. Taylor. who carried him
10 the shelter or box car after the
defeat and sent OF his message for
him
villa Ind been teasing Roberts about
correspondents reporting lighting they
did not see and invited him 10 see
what he promised would be one of
the greatest battles ever fought by his
men. Roberts went with villa TO the
advance trench and began making
hotes
IL Is an old dry ditch, four feet deep,
he wrote. Nearly 5000 soldiers are In
this place. the rest Of the Villa army
having taken positions on the hills to
our right. The only sign OF the enemy
Is a cloud OF dust four miles away.
No one seems TO be excited. 1t seems
as though we are going to have huge
pic,ric.
A mounted officer just Informed VII
la that II appeared as though Obregon's
forces are going TO take the offensive
Villa seems 10 take this as huge joke.
Villa Was Confident.
let them come" he said. laughing
Before morning mere than half OF
them win have turned their toes up
toward the stars"
VIA inyitsd me 30 peep over the
trench and zee the enemy through bits
ssld glasses. could zee nothing hot
q haxy CLOUD OF dust two miles long.
! vn1s has gone 30 psass his srttl}ery.
have been friends with one hanusl
SOFA. He has been a soldier Ia Villas
I, army for two years aud hae never
been wounded. He b a good natured
fellow and N always grtnnlnx. l Hke
90 see htm smte.
HE sosdsd<ra has begun to broti a
eoupis OF chanks Of beef You uust
eat with %. amigo" Manuel said ne
Ne borrowed cigarette from me.
| As we ste I ASKED him N he had No
children
''s1. ssnor, we've had two. bu< dur
ing hhe battle OF To~reon. while they
wsee sls~pIng under tree. a shell
struck them. and Ne never saw them
ageins'
! Manuel saw me looking ~ the red
s1nsst and laughed. That's sansre.
he sold. "t3od predpts the splitting n
mush Csrranxista blood tonlsht Coo
10 on or eide. That's why we always
win"
An Internal sound AXE the rippins
OF canvas split the silence overhead
A moment later a whistling explosion
was heard IN OR rear jumped frou
where j sat, trembling violently. Man
uel didn't even look mp.
The enemy has begun les cannon
aiding" he grinned.
am the only excited person la tn
whole trench. The other soldiers. wh'
have not finished thsir Shippers. ar
still eating The soldaderns don't seen
10 be afraid. either.
The rod In tho sky has turned 10
deep purple. The vida artillery on on
right has begun to boom. Pc mo tn
air seems charged with anists
something that ! cant describe.
CarYanzistas Open Attack
Away 10 our left there In heavy rtn
, fire. Each shot -onnds lhsa two h
cause n echoes against the hitis. y
one seems ~ worry. A great. fat so
dier TO my right Ia sonad asleep. VI
/, Is lying on tho sand and hts face
covered with bls biz sombrero
A Young captain not over eightee
years OF age has Ridden M 10 esr pal
| of the trench.
| The enemy rs sending column
this dtreetionlr he shouts "Ffrst 80
geants. psepare yonr men! There Is
| column ~ our own men Ia the res
/ who will shoot down any one who y
| temptS 10 heer'
i He looked ouriou~ly NJ me. smile
II and galloped away
II A soldndera woke up the FIT ma
II and he has begun 10 curse FOR NIL he
II worth M
II II rs dark new. There seems to !
II aghting NIL aruund ~. hut ! can -
none OF g. zach side has discovers
II the positions ~ the others artillery }
II the tongues ~ nre emanating fro
the cannon nj each shot.
II Every man m our trench Is pstien
II " waiting The solsiaderaS most