Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-22
Eight Other Troopers Are Wounded During Night
 Battle Near Mission, Tex.
FIVE OF ATTACKING
 AZ GOOD MEXICANS
OuinumIWrfd Five tO One. l5 Ameri. cans Hold Ground Until Arrival of Achievements. When
 Bandits Flee.

Washineton, Oct 21-Gcneral Fun
 ston's preliminary report of the bat
 tie between Mexican raiders and
 American troops near Mission, Texas,
 ijXes the casualties al three dead and
 five wounded on the American side.
 The bodies Of five Mexicans were
 found in the brush and many more
 arc believed 10 have been wounded.
 Secretary of War Garrison sent g
 copy of the report to the state de-
 nartmcnt, which seems to have great
 ly perpleXcd Secretary Lansing.
 The only statement obtainable was
 that no demand could be made on
 Mexico until some form of stable gov
 crnmcrt shall have been established.
 San Antonio, Tex. Oct. 21.--Thrce
 unitcl St3tss soldiers were killed
 and eight others wounded. in an en- gagement with Mexican bandits near
 Ojo d. Agua, about 2 o'clock this
 morning. The troops. guarding tho
 place, A hich is located near Mission. Texas. and about 60 miles north Of Brownsville, were attacked by large band.
 Details of tho fight are lacking, but in preliminary report from Captain Trank R. McCGy received at depart
 mcnt headquarters at 3:45 o'clock Thursday morning. the information | was given that five dead Mcxicars l had been found in the dark after the attacking party had been driven off. ! Mexcans slain in the fight had |white hat-bands, bearing thes words: I"Vica Villa"
 The killed and wounded are all members of Troop c, Third Cavalry, and Company D, Signal Corps. The dead are:
 Sergeant Shafer, Troop G. Third Cavalry, and First Class Privates Joyce Cubic, Troop G. Third Cavslry; First Class Sergeant Smith and Cor poral Cansler, Company D. Signal Corps; Private Stewart of the signal corps, and Private Shallenback of Troop c.
 Captain Mccoy arrived with reliev- ing troops and the bandits fell back in the brush between Ojo de Agua and the Rio Grande Additional troops were rushed to the scenes from near- by bcrder patrol stations, and search IS being made for the bandits. Four cavalrymen were woundeds Private Bowner. Bahr, Langlan and Kuble, and also two signal corps n-commissioned officers, Sergeant Smith and Corporal C2nsler. Soldiers Fight Bravely. The 15 soldiers fighting five against one, against 'Mtexicans skilled in brush shooting held their ground, although half of them were put out of9 action until relief could arrive from Mission, seven miles away, where Captain Frank R. Mccoy of the Third cavalry had a considerable force In reserve. Captain Mccoy took two troops of cavalry, totaling about 60. ment, to the rescue. and the Mexicans fled upon his approach.
 During the past month Captain Mc- l Coy has received several reports Of Mexican bandits gathering on the Mexican side of the river. On two or three occasions Mexicans have come across the river to warn the soldiers that they had heard bandits
 would cross that night to raid some ltown. All these alarms proved iu- founded, and about three weeks ago, when new Carranza regime took command at Matamoras, an Increase l in the patrols of Carranza troops ops posite the Mission section relieved anxiety somewhat on the American side of the river as it was reported that the bandits had taken to cover l,when the new Carranza patrols i moved in.
 The early morning attack again centered attention on activities of Luis De La Rosa, the Mexican bandit
 who led Monday night'strain robbery. Authoritative information reacned