The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-05
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Rangers and armed citizens. ended late
this afternoon. One American troop
er was wounded.
At 4 o'clock the Mexicans with
drew from the south bank OF the Rio
Grande and hid in the brush apparent
ly waiting another opportunity to at
tack the Americans. N.5sE ..fg
The battle was waged practically
the entire day, tho two forces firing
at each other across the Rio Grande
at point four miles west OF Old
Hidalgo. Tex.
Long Line Of Battle.
The participants were stretched out
in the brush on battle line two miles
long.
The injured American was John
Salvina. private in Troop D, Third
cavalry. who sustained serious
wound in the left hip. He was taken
Mission. Tex.
Captain Frank Mccoy. who COM
manded the American forces. returned
to Mission tonight. He reported ten
dead Mexicans could be seen from
the Texas side and that probably as
many more Mexicans had been killed
in the brush by shots fred from the
Texas side. Earlier unofficial reports
today placed the Mexican dead at
twenty-five to thirty,
Forty Mexicans Engaged.
The number of Mexicans engaged
was placed at forty.
When the fight ended the Americans
were in possession of three crossings
between Mexico and Texas in the VI
cinity of Mission. Hidalgo is sixty
four mile swest of Brownsville.
The MeXicans made no attempt to
cross the river, but opened fire early
today at an American ranchman on
the Texas side of the border and later
at a detachment Of cavalry ordered
10 the scene yesterday, when they
chased back to the Mexican side a
band of invaders who had crossed the
river Thursday night and looted a
number of American stores.
Tho Mexicans. were said to have be-
gun today's encounter by unprovoked
firing across the river after maneuver-
ing through the brush until they had
spread up and down a tortuous river
bank for distance of two miles.
Cavalry Goes to Defense.
The Mexicans' fire was returned by
troopers who soon were Joined by
rangers from Mission. Word also was
sent to Mission and Captain Mccoy
and the remainder of the two troops
of.cayalry there went to reinforce the
small retachment near Hidalgo.
The trouble was confined to the
Mission and the Brownsville districts.
In the sections surrounding this ci:y
troops of cavalry and companies OF
infantry aided by more than fifty auto.
mobile loads of citizens searched for
members of the baidit gang, which
terrorized the county eleven miles
north of here Thursday and murdered
two Americans, ]. S. Smith and Earl
Donaldson.
So far as has been reported 20 Fort
Brown seven members OF the gang
have been killed and the other mem
bers are unaccounted for.
Searching for Band.
This afternoon a band OF thirteen
Mexicans was reported south of San
Benito. A detachment of cavalry was
sent out in search of them but it de-
veloped they were headed for the Rio
Grande.
Fort Brown then notified detach-
ment of infantry hidden in an adyan-
tageous point near the Rio Granee
five miles from Brownsville. that the
band would probably come in that d.
rection Simultaneously detachment
of cavalry under Leuteant Cr:tten-
berger left Brownsville for the vicinity
of the hidden infantrymen. The cav
airy reached the vicinity In time to