Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-14

Absolute quiet rIeNtHtu III ih' ""'"
moros situation today. with hardly shot
being heard on either side during the day.
The Nillistas are maintaining positions
west of the MatamoroS trenches. and the
Carrsneistas are within the trenches, both
side, recovering from the bush fighting 10
the west of the city Yesterday In Mata
moros General Natarraie and NaSquez al
tended business matters strictly during to-
day.
The port of Matamoro> was again open
ed TO travel early this morning, but a VERY
few persons in Brownsville had business IN
Matamoros, and comparatively Few Mata
moros people came To Brownsville News
papermen were permitted 10 visit Mata-
moro- during the day. thu hitin. the cen
sorshlp that was established there ye-ter-
day morning.
General Rodriguez. commander of the
Villa forces. ha- removed hIS headquari
ers Ia RostaS, a station about six miles
west Of Matamoros. and Las RucIaS now
IL only sort of ~ubba~e for supplies he
ing garri>oncd by about fifty NIlli-ta~. The
comml,~arv has not been entirely removed
to Ro-ita. but will be A tram reached
the Villa front Ia midnight from Montcr-
rev, according to report reaching the city
today
With the excitement of battle over II
j. apparent from all reports obtainahlc
that neither side IN yesterday conflict
lott heavily IN the battle that lasted about
O.. A., q ~ he
Carranza headquarters and an unofficial
statement of the losses from the Nilli~ta
headquarters de- not agree a. 4" the losses
but from all reports and the fact that prac-
tically all the fighting was near the river
In dense brush. il j. not believed that either
side lost what were claimed To- have been
the losses. The exact number of dead and
wounded may never be known Il = quite
probable that there are -till dead and
wounded ~catterSd through the brush
where the conflict occurred
Colonel a. +. Blocksom. commanding
the lower border patrol Of the United
States army. TIN, morning upon the ar
rival of Major General Frederick Funston
informed him that report>t received by
the United States army sand that the Car
rancistas lost ten killed and forty one
wounded. and the. Nilista~ eight killed and
twenty one wounded. The-e are known
casualiicS What story the brush thlckct-
on the Mexican side of the Rio Grandc
might tell may be- some time IN being told.
Late IN the afternoon the tarranza
troops whirh advanced ont of MatamoroS
early IN the day. IN the form Of the letter
III" a. told In the Carranza official state
ment IN The Herald Of yesterday. returned
TO the Carranza trenches, and hv nightfall
the entire forces that participated in the
sally were safely behind the embankmcnt~
From reports from Las Rucias II i Ger
tam that the Carrancl~ta~ did not reach
that point n some of their forces be
heved. What they really encountered seems
to have been a fairly strong outpost which
undoubtedly was surprised by the sudden
attack hy the troops from MatamoroS. Re
treat was necessarily hurried, shortly after
which there was a quick formation and the
battle that ragged between comparatively
small forces IN the brush along the river
was on. The NillfstaS maintained their
positions. and hy nightfall had advanced
to former positions about three quarters 81
mile IN front of the Carranza trenches
What l. believed to be- an entirely autheu-
tie report of the event shows that the ~
tack was planned several days ahead, ol
perhaps a. soon a. the Nill~ta camp wa
established at the point described. Gen
h. 1t
remarked to newspaper representative.
Monday that he had surprise ia store iol
them.
JuiChitecos indians in Fiqht.
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