Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-29
People of Brownsville Alarmed
Lest Shells Used by BeSieg-
erS May Work Destruction
ON American Side,
MACHINE GUN FIRE
M0WS DOWN ASSAILANTS
Many Killed Lie Unburiej in.
Front of Carra0za Trenches;
Hundreds of Wounded Are
Brought Across Border,

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Brownsville. Tex. March 2S
Grave upprrhousious were aroused
auuus officials here to-day hy the re-
port that villa officers have decided
the dcfcuscs of Matamoras, opposite
here must he reduced presumably by
artillery.
The probability of artillery shells
flniug in Brownsville was indicated
10y the wouuding or two persons In
the residence section here yesterday
hy stray rifle bullets during the first
assault ON Alatamoras trenches This
assault was "a costly failure of the
villa forces In which their losses were
officially given as 100 killed and 400
wounded
The Carrauzu losses were ten killed
and forty-fivt wounded
Statement nv Nafaratc.
Cen. Emilauo =. NafarratC, COM
mandng the Mutamoras garrison OF
200 men, gave the Associated Press
this account of Yesterdays cavalry
attack
There were three separate cavalry
charges. In the first, led by Gen.
Jose b. Rodriguez, not more than 500
men partic pated The second was
made by about COO men. under Com
mandcr-ln-chiof Cuhral The third
assault comprised about 2,oOo Nilla
troops. Like the other two II was
beaten off
THE villa troops came TO within
fifty PAGES OF whore we were en-
trenched. Then we would turn the
machine guns loose and NOW them
down
General Nafarrate said he would
defend the city to the limit.
Capture Bloody Flags
-Four flags captured Yesterday float
cd in front of his headquarters today
the band played in the plaza ana men
and women of Matamoras celebrating.
filling tho streets with colors. one
flag is Inscribed Second brigade NJ
Chao." This battalion Carfan@a OF
ficinls claimed was almost wiped out
Both villa and CaTan2a soldiers say
three Vnla troopers We're Killed car
ryinR this flag Another RAG - IN
scrlbed, "Viua Brigade Thesc anu
tho other two captured banners were
blood stained.
Gen. Precopio Elizoudo, of tho car
rama garrison was wounded serious
lv II was said the bullet which MT
him was fired hy one Of his own sol
d,ers General Nafarrate announced
that of the ten Carranza dead' llN'
we're killed when an ovcr-enthusiastl'
Ientenant ordered his men to fire on
a marty of villa soldiers gathering
dead aud wounded i'm front OF inc
trenches. A sNrmish resulted, III
which the Carranza forces were re-
rulsed one Carran2a soldier, caubHi
Icotinn house during the nlBhi was
stood against a nearby wall ana shol
Chaos Charge Nearly successful
when Cen. Manuel Chno's brlBade
charged. his officers claim they once
reached within ten feet oi li'e
trenches when. by some blunder,
trcat was sounded Three miles 10
,ho roar the Nilla wounded we're Ter
.ricd across the Rio Grande Automo-
btlpa on Tho American side picked
them no and rushed them here ~
available cots in the city were calleu
for
Reports of the villa dead conflict
Tho American consul, Jesse ! John
son had a report of 200 killed and 900
wounded. Many bodies lay In the sun
today i'm the open space before the
Cprranza trenches. Two hundred
VIM, wounded are housed IN Browns
,jlie
NIust Reduce Brcastworis
,..,. ,,,,an. .,td todav thew were
'''a i,.,,raa.1 and asserted Gen.
Il'l o,.,,.7 o'',,.,,9 s,,nrorno command /
d oSe i'"u, a,',1 's''',' ~ ,rnnns had decided
.t,,t ,,, t,roost,vorl<a must be reduced I
ma n,h, I,iua l,noe today law near Las