The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-03


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Douglas. Ariz.. Nov. Eight per
sons on the American side of the
boundary have been wounded as a re
suit of General Francisco Villas at
tack on Aqua Prieta. Six of the eight
are Americans, and one of them is be
lieved morally hurt. Among the
wounded are four American soldiers.
Losses of the Carranza garrison
were reported by General Elias Gales
as forty-fve killed and seyenty-iive
wounded, but unofficial reports gave
+ his casualties at 250. Villa dead and
wounded in large numbers strew the
desert around the barbed wire barri-
cades of the Mexican town.
After four desperate attacks, which
kept the Carranza defenses blazing
practically all night with flashing guns
and bursting shells. General Villa
drew off shortly after daylight.
The battle continued practically
without intermission for fifteen hours.
At a. m. when Villa launched his
fiercest attack, with combined fire of
rifles, machine guns and cannon, it
probably surpassed in violence the din
of any previous Mexican battle Army
officers who, with their men, were in
the American trenches facing the
border all night, declared il was the
worst they had ever heard
Eulets Rain on Douglas.
Villa opened on the western trench
es of Aqua Prieta with every gun
available in support of a final rush by
his Yaqui Indians about a. m. Cal
les replied with every weapon in his
garrison.
Douglas trembled under the yibra
tions of the continuous crashes and
concussions Bullets from the Mexi
can side rained upon the American
town, from the United States army
trenches at the border to points a
! mile or more from the line.
Scores of women and children, most
OF them hysterical and weeping, COW
cred behind brick or adobe walls.
The American trenches were plenti
! fully sprinlIled with bullets also. Pri
vate Harry Jones. Company c, Elev
enth infantry, was hit while guardinf
a company wagon near the army fielC
hospital Jones was hit in the stom
ach and probably mortally wounded
Private James Tank, Company d
Eleventh infantry. was struck in the
!, legs by bullet that fell into a section
of the trench few feet from the Gus
=, toms house.
Fire is Not Returned.
No move was made by any CT th'
!. United States army detachments t,
!. return the fire.
!. Observers on the American side re
!. ported Villas troops had drawn off. no
!. in retreat but to procure water.
!. Their canteens were empty an
!. many had not tasted food for twenty
!. four hours or more, according to SOM
!. soldiers and officers who approache,
!. the border Villa still intends to TAX
!. Aqua Prieta they declared.
!. Mines exploded by Gales west o
!. Aqua Prieta killed 300 Yaquis, az
!. cording to reports from the Mexical
!. town.
!. One Mexican woman refugee anon
1. the throng at the customs house dun
: ing the machine gun fusillade lost
: finger taken off by bullet.
Twenty-three hundred refugees wer
concentrated at a camp at Pirtleville
!, a suburb OF Douglas
British TCrPcdo Boat Sinks.