The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-19
GREAT BATTLE
 MEN ARE KILLED
While MexicanS and Their Wives Fall Dead Beside Him, He Describes Scene
 Until Wounded.

was SlthblllS OUlolhC llc IltuNh hCdt us was killed, and it rolled in on our right, putting out the campfire.
 l wonder if I am only greatly ex cited or deathly scared. Perhaps it's both. I have broken three cigarette papers trying to roll a cigarette. Man uel's soldadera smiles and offers me one of her own ready made chorrltos.
 A young girl farther up the trench just screamed, There come the d. Carranzistasr She Is running this way now. greatly excited. Her hair Is down, and fixed grin gives her a dia- bolical expression. No one seems to notice her. She runs, screaming the news:
 There they come, the Bribones Car ranzistas. Viva Villa! You are all my lovers if you fight bravelyv'
 l have never heard so much noise in all my life. It seems as though had taken a peep into hell.
 The fat man Is swearing again. He was hit in the shoulder He claims that he killed over ten Carranzistas, and because of the bullet In his shoui- der has promised to annihilate the en- emy's army if 1t attacks again.
 1 am not trembling so much now because 1 can see that I am compara- lively safe so long as l keep low in the ditch No one in our immediate vicinity was hurt except the fat man.
 Terrific firing is going on all over the prairie. Fifty of Villas cannon are trying to dislodge as many of the enemys cannon on the hills.
 Villa Now Looks Worried.
 Thousands of shots are popping to our right, to our left and on front. I have decided not to peep over the trench.
 "There they come again" Manuel says.
 The fat man, despite his wounded shoulder, has jumped up and Is omi nously clicking his rifle l am sure that our men will repulse the enemy again, so I am not afraid I have be gun to enjoy 1t.
 The popping has commenced again all around the trench like so many tirecrackers None of the men seems to be taking careful aim. They just fire, click the chamber and fire again. When the fTe bullets have gone thev snatch a clip from their belts and re fill the gun. The fat man Is firing faster than anybody else, grunting and cursing in the meantime.
 General Villa dashed up madly few moments ago, accompanied by some officers. For the first time since I have known him he looks worried and great ly excited. His teeth are gritted and his white silk shirt is bespattered with blood
 Tight like you have never fought before, muchachitos." he roars. "The enemy are going to try and break us at this place. 1 have sent for re-en- forcements. but the enemy are hurling the bulk of their army here. For the glory of your country, fight! We can hold them until the re-enforcements arrive"
 He turned to me, but there was no smile on his face. '1 am sorry 1 got you into this, but since you are here, lie low in the trench. There is no chance for you to go to the rear now. God help you,'
 He has gone now, but l can hear him urging his men further down the trench. The blood seems to be clogged in my veins.
 Woman Dies Near Him.
 I reached for the botiJa of water but dropped 1t. Manuel's wife-Lord but she's brave-holds it for me while drink. Everybody is becoming ex- cited Manuers hand is trembling when he reaches for cartridges. The fat man has stopped cursing.
 A fragment of stone hit Manuels wife on the cheek. She is bleeding Lord. but she's brave! The enemy's cannon have been turned upon us.
 The fat man was killed. He was shot in the throat and falls besides me, the blood oozing like red foam from the hole
 Manuel has shouted hysterically that an enemy's column of infantry is ap- preaching. He has told his wife to leave him and run to the rear. A shell bursts over our heads to the right with horrible explosion and the balls of shrapnel whistle on their mission of death. No one seems to be calm.
 Everybody Is yelling. Sounds of men shouting and women weeping mingle with groans and curses. Manuel says. God has gone against us."
 Some one is crying for water. Man