Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-25
BATTLE CONTINUES
 FOR THREE HOURS
Fighting at Progreso Going in Favor of Americans When CarranZa Comman- der Sends 300 Mexicans
 to Aid in Escape of
 MaraUders.

Bre wnsville, Texas, Sept. 24.-One American cavalryman is dead; six are seriously wounded; and eleven are missing. as a result of the battle today a' Progreso, forty miles from here with more than 100 MexicaEs-
 Seventeen M Xicans are known to have been killed. Eighteen were cap tured.
 One of the prisoners confessed that the raiders were Carranzista soldiers from tn garrison a Matamoras, led hy their own officers.
 After an all-day battle, American troops almost had the remaining raid CTS surround d. when special train from Matamoras pulled up across the Rio Granle from 'Progresc and more than 300 Mexican troops sent a hail Of bullets across the rlver, tho raitlers retreating across the stream under the fire of their comrads.
 The news Of the Carranzis.as' &C., iion in going to the aid of the ball. dits reached here tonight. Military officials so far have been unable to obtain complete confirmation, owing tc the fact that the raiderA cut all :. telephone and telegraph wires in their attack on Progreso.
 Officers in command in this dis trict expect, the most serious conse- Quences of the raid, and the action of General Naffareta, Carranzista commander at Matamoras, in sending troops to attack .dhe American soldiers and aid the escape of the bandits.
 Two hundred American troops are guarding Prcgreso tonight. An ad- ditional 100 infantrymen are being rushed there on special train. Three of the Victims. The names of only three American victims so far have, tbeen learned. They are
 | U. s. cavalry, killed. Capt. A. V. Anderson, shot in arm ! Private Cecil w. Kennedy, shot through abdomen condition critical:
 Three wounded Americans were found tonight lying in the brush, 1,curs after the battle. Their names have not vet been reported. Following the attack on iPrograsO. military officials -hera fear an attack On Brownsvilleby the big force of Oarranzissas lat Matamoras, just acrcss the Rin Granda. M Colonel Blocksom, commanding the American troops et Fort Brown has ordered 600 infantry into the trenches along the river, while large forces of cavalry also are patrOlinr the stream.
 Two batteries of artillery, which were withdrawn from the river front Several days ago. when it became quiet here, were rushed back into place and trained on Matamoras.i lMachine gun platosns command the international bridge and other strate- gic points.
 Murder Starts Rattle. 1 The battle at Progreso started ahcut : o'c1o-l- this morning. when about FOO Mexicans attacked the vil- lage @
 l According to the stories told by soldiers who took part in the fight- ing. the trouble began when a 0etach- ment of eight men of Troop C.. twelfth cavalry returned to Progress frcm sentinel duty along the river, a lmile and a half away. Thev found 1 the body, of Private Stubblefieh. who thad been left to guard the food and horses. s4ts
 The, trail of the Mexicans was l found in the mud. and the eight cav-
 alrymen started out in pursuit. They
 had not ridden more than a mile and a half when they were met by terrific vclley from the Mexicans who had
 hidden in the mesquite brush.
 Out numbered more than ten to one. thev wheeled and fled the MexicanS
 close on their heels, firing continue lrusly. Private Kennedy was shot l and four of the eight horses were I killed. The riders dropped their I 1rifles, dashed into the thick mesquite,
 land succeeded in shidi1a ~ Hero Goes for Aid.
 l The other four troopers succeeded in, outrunning the Mexicans and hfdl I (Continued cn Page 4,l a.ss