The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
US. TROOPSI IN
BORDER FIGHT:
% MEN KILLED
Two American Soldiers Die,
Fight Wounded at
Nogales, Ariz.
MlSTOOk CARRANZA
FORCE FOR VILLISTAS

NoGALss. Arix.. Nov. 2s.-At least
twenty Mexican troopers were killed In
NoEales. Mexico. shortly after noon to-
day by the nre OF American troops. Two
American soldiers we're killed and eight
wounded.
Whether the dead are Villistas or Car
sanzistas Ia not known. but they are be-
Iieved 10 have been C~arranzlstas. The
American troops thought they were VIII
iistss at the time OF firing. Following
tho evacuation OF Nosales. Sonora. this
morning BY the villa forces some stra&-
glers from the villa army remained in
the main town drinking, looting and
shooting their rifles at intervals.
About noon bullets began to fell on
the American side of the line and an
American trooper was wounded. The
American soldiers. on orders OF their
commander. Col. W. II. Sage, Twelfth
Infantry, returned the ire and elk Mexi-
cans were seen to fall.
For a time there was a rapid ex-
change OF shots from each side OF the
line. The Americans believed they were
shooting at Villista s~traEglers. but II Is
believed the bullets caine from Carran-
xista soldiers. who were Just beginning
10 enter tho evacuated town. The Car
ranxtstas thought the bullets came from
che villistas still In Nogales. Sonora.
Messenger shot Down.
During the firing the Americans saw q
band Of mounted horsemen dashing down
che principal street of the Mexican town
INC mistook them for reenforcements for
the supposed Nillistas. Out OF this COM
mand u messenger rode to the American
line to take word that the Carranxistas
had arrived and were occupying the
place. He was shot from his horse by
the American fire.
col. Cardcnas. commanding the ad-
vance guard o. the CarranZa forces. Soon
had a conference on the international
boundary with Col. Sage and assured
him that the Carranzistas could control
the situation In the sonora town.
Throughout the morning. for some
hours before the actual exchange OF fire
over the line. stragglers left behind In
the Sonora town by the %retreating Wills
army had been firing at intervals into
Arizona, and Col. Sage had every reason
20 believe when bullets began to fall In
volleys that IT was deliberately done by
these men.
Gems. Obrcgon and Gales reached
Eogales shortly before their advance
guard had taken possession. Gen. Obre.
Gon expressed regret at the Incident In
which the soldiers OF the two countries
had fired on each other. He SAT- he
would Immediately despatch his main
force after the retreating villa army.
Two wills Chiefs Quit.
lie asked Col, Sage for the extradi.
tion of Carlos Randall, the acting villa
Governor Of Sonora, who with Gen
Acosta took refuge In Nogales. Ariz.
osrfy to-day when the Villa garrison
quit Nogales. Sonora. Gen. Obregor
charged Randall with responsibility FOL
the execution OF Edgar Bean, tho Amer.
lean engineer killed this week by villa
forces after being forced to draw their
trains out of Cananea. The American
ohicers placed Randall and Acosta under
q heavy guard to protect them.
Gen. Villa after a hurried trip tc
Sogales. Mexico, returned south yester.
day with his garrison. Just what villas
object Is American army officers cannot
figure out, unless he has made better
progress in his attack upon Hermoslllc
than has been generally thought anC
either holds the town or feels confden,
when REINFORCED of capturing the city
ond Breaking through to the coast.
(; Reenforcements arrived to-day for IN,
American troops stationed here. Bat.
teries c and u and the headquarters OF
che First Battalion. Sixth Field Artillery.
under lieut. Col. w !. Kennedy arrived
mere from Douglas at 10 o'clock thi.
morning.
u James s. Walton, Floyd Forest and
Aidofo Menger. American mining men,
nave been executed by Villa troops
twenty miles south OF Norales. Their
Execution was confirmed by anothe
American who arrived here from the
youth. He says he saw them shot by a
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were killed. All the victims are Eastern
men.