The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-14
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happen ~ Brownsville i ne 5esieg-
ing artillery fired Il Ms-smOros from
any other direction Shells from any
other point e1ceU The west, fred
ss those sent over MstzmOros Tues
oay. would have dropped INTO Browns
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The last shells from the villa a.
t.llery we're fired Tuesday afternoon
when q train Of freight cars armored
with machine guns attempted 70
.ea.e MatsmOros in the direction Of
the Villa lines. The villa guns
dropped two shells close 70 the train.
wnereUpon the engineer blew his
whistle twice and began backing into
Mats mOros. BO'h factions refused all
day and Tuesday night 70 permit any
one 10 cross the river 10 obtain di-
rect news Ot the fighting. and both
claimed 70 have won the fight villa
officer. said that the sorties first
drove In the villa outpOsts. but that
the Csrranza troops retreated when
the Yllla cavalry brought up its main
forces.
Deny Great Number Of Dead
The villa troops we're known 70
have some dead and wounded but
they denied the number was 200.
Colonel A. p Blocksom. in charge
Of the United states post and the
border patrol here arranged to guard
the American side Of the river closely
night Extra forces were
sent TO the int inational bridge Con-
trary 20 the usual scenes during Dor
der fighting there was no rush OF
refugee across the river from Mata-
mOrOs Tuesday. General +. p Ma
'arrate, the Carranza commander. put
an absolute embargo upon any per
son leaving or entering Matamoros |
except the American consul and the |
'arranza consul here. The Carranza |
consulate issued the following state
nent received from General Nafar.
'ate's headquarters:
THE Villistas lost 300 men killed
he number so far gathered by our |
Orces, and there are still some on |
he field. Our forces captured thirty
prisoners. who are now in the Mata-
nOros Jail, about 200 horses. a large
AMOUNT Of ammunition for cannon.
guns. and a large number
'f carbincs. We also captured all
he Villistas supplies of food this
ide Of Las Bucias Our men de-
allied a Villa train loaded with food
upplies ready evidently for a dash
nto Matamoros. The train is mean
while In our hands and is being
guarded by our men. The train was
un to within 200 yards of our
renches and then derailed.
Seventeen Killed, Sixty Wounded.
"On our side. the losses so far
re seventeen killed, and sixty wound
d. Among the killed was Lieutenant
'ol Miguel Barrera Guerra.
Among the captured materials
we're two very small cannon, sixty
mules loaded with ammunition and
he three rapid fire guns in bad con-
ition. The brigade of General Ilde
onso Nasquez captured six sacks
hand grenades and two
ases of shells for their guns. Vas
uez also took the records of the
ecOnd Villa brigade"
The captured cannon evidently
'ere one Founders. They were not
he field guns used for bombarding
iatamoros. Each of the 1900 men
no participated in the sortie wore