Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-14
Mounted Villistas Deliver
Assault Under Cover
of Darkness.
NO U. S. CASUALTIES
Men Carrying Supplies Es-
cape Unharmed-One
Bandit Killed. !

douglas, ArlZ., April H.
General Arnulfo Gomez was
still in Aqua Prieta this
morning awaiting orders
from General Alvaro Ohre-
gon, Mexican minister of
war, to lead his columns of
infantry and cavalry into
Chihuahua from Colonia Mo-
relos, Sonora.
General Pershing's Camp at
Front April 12, via aeroplane to
Chihuahua, April Is, via Ell Paso
Junction, April 14-About forty
mounted men, believed to be villa
men or General Tarango's com.
mand, attacked last night an auto
mobile supply train and were driv.
en- off after short fight. There
were no American casualties. One
Villa bandit was killed.
General Pershing moved his camp
south yesterday. penetrating far into
Villa territory where he found num-
|erous constituencies detachments
under General Graza, who gave the
Americans friendly greeting and CO.,
operation. General Pershing travelled
here In an automobile train of supply
trucks, which made a record breaking
trip.
The fight which occurred about
o'clock last night was several miles in
the rear of the automobiles carrying
General Pershing. 1t lasted about 20
minutes. When the bandits who tried
to capture one truck came up, the
Americans poured in five volleys
which ended the fight completely.
There were two attacks, the first a
slight one and directed against for
ward truck. The last attack was
rush against the rear trucks, during
which bullets flew against the auto
mobiles and poured through the brush
which covered the mesa.
The bandits seemed to think the cut
ting off of the rear truck would be
easy because some of them got within
few feet of it before the Americans,
who were Withholding their fire, start
ed shooting.
The American soldiers thought they
hit some of the bandits.
At the Constituencies camp within
few miles of the scene of the fight
ing it was reported that three bandits
were killed during the first part of
the week. Lieutenant A. R. Christie
of the aero squadron, commanded the
men in the fight The fight was over
too quickly for the men in the for
ward trucks to get into action.
Prepared for Emergency.
FL Paso, Tex, April 14.-More than
10000 United States regulars are
guarding the Mexican border from
Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego, Cal.
today, while hurried troop movements
southwark from Columbus, N. NJ, show
that the line of communications reach
ing over 400 miles into Mexico to the
advance guard of General Pershing's
evolutionary force is being rapidly
strengthened to meet any emergency.
American scouts are watching the Pull
pito pass which leads from Sonora into
the Casas Grandes district of Chihua-
hua state for the appearance Of Gen
body of $500 Carranza infantry and
cavalry. General Gomez is awaiting
orders from the Mexican minister o!
war, General Obregon, TO go into Chi
huahua for the announced purpose OF
taking up the pursuit Of Villa. In the
event of trouble with the de facto gov
eminent, General Gomez would be In
position to strike the line OF American
communications at Casas Grandes.
Official advices giving details OF the
fight at Parral, where detachment OF
140 American cavalry were attacked by
citizens, are still anxiously awaited.
There are uncontirmed reports tina,
the battle in Parral was more desper-
ate than indicated In the Mexican off,
cial advices and that 1t lasted for three
hours. One report had 1t that more
than 100 Mexicans, civilians and Car
rama soldiers were killed and wound
ed and that one American soldier was
killed and several wounded. The
Americans were said to have used 9
machine gun in the battle.
The advance guard which met III,
unexpected attack ip Parral probably