The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-16
Six Others Wounded. Two Of
Whom May Die. Victims Of
De La Rosas Horde
ENEMY FLEES LEAVING
EIGHT DEAD ON FIELD
Mexicans Found Fight Too
Hot as They Had Looked
for Much Smaller Force at
San lsnaeio
BY JOSEPH TTMMONS.


late hour tonight General Funston
had received no advices that Major
Alonzo Gray and his two troops Of
the Fourteenth Cavalry had crossed
the Rio Grande in pursuit of the ban
dts that attacked the cavalry camp
at San Ignacio, Tex, at~2 o o'clock this
morning. Major Gray has authority
to cross, and doubtless will, IL he
learns the bandits have reassembied
on the Mexican side.
Three American troopers were
killed and six wounded in the fight
with the bandits. Two Of the wound
ed are expected to die.
Eight Mextcans were killed and a
considerable number wounded.
Evidently the outlaws had expected
to surprise and stampede q half troop,
and when they discovered two and \
half troops nghting cooily, they ned.
Breaking into groups Of twos and
back across the Rio Grande, but II is
believed most of them hid In mesQuits
tntckets ~vf arrcycs rn IRE sAfffgfican
side.
Boasts win Make -Four Raids
In the meantime the cavalry de-
tachments on the border are com
pelled 10 ignore other forces of the
De la Rosa command concentrated
across the river waiting for similar
opportunity to make surprise night
attacks or ranch raids, De la Rosa
boasts he would make four raids He
has made two. Another is expected
in the vicinity of Zapata, twenty-five
miles down The river from San Is-
nacto and near Hidalgo sixty miles
up the river rom Laredo If the
ar r.
initiative and strike these bandit
camps at night without waiting for
them TO take the aggressive, but the
administration will not permit this.
Till few days ago half OF Troop
NJ OF the Fourteenth was at San liz
nacio and half at Zapata, each pa
trolling the river. General Funston
ordered General Mann to send an
other troop to that region. and in con-
sequence Troop ! had arrived, and
part OF 1t was in camp near NJ Troop
Both detachments had men out on
patrol duty Not more than sixty or
seventy men were in camp when the
hundred bandits attacked.
Assailants Soon Flee.
sen;Iy heard voices in the mes
quite and reported to the corporal Of
the guard. The corporal wen: 10 in
vestigate and was fred on. lnms-
diatciy the troopers sprang to The
CANT trenches. One man was killed
as he left s shelter tent. 4 bright
moon shoEe and within 'aS ann
utes the Mexicahs had enolSn OF pun
ishn ent ana leG Mounted detach-
ments I ok up the pursuit, bu, The
bandits eluded the troopers and In
half an hour the fight was over.
Privates Charles F. Flowers and
Edward Katonah. OF Troop NJ, were
killed instantly; Private James Nina
den, of the same troop. died at s
o'clock. The wounded are
Corporal William O., Berries, NJ
Troop, and Private James E. ROUGH,
l Troop; Privates Tony Horlia. Henry
Matasof and Elmer w. Minnette, Of
NJ Troop, and Private Thomas II.
Ewing, of l Troop
Was Forced to Join Bandits.
Mexican named Vincente Lira
came into the troop camp this morn
ing and said he was forced by the
bandits to Join them at Lajartta. but
escaped during the attack. He said
the bandits were of de la Rosa's force,
whose purpose was ito carry the rev.
elry into Texas"
is q snake catcher and was in Texas
caught him.
One Of the dead bandits had in his
pocket q certificate as Major Gruiz
Reyes.
General Funston today ordered the
Thirtieth Infantry to Eagle Pass and
the regiment will leave here tomor-
row morning.
General Greene. In command of
that district, has been compelled to
deplete his infantry force at Eagle
Pass to provide guards for towns and
ranches.
Columbus Raider Captured.
General Pershing reported today
the capture of Captain Pedro Luzan.
q lieutenant of Cervantes and q Co.
lumbus raider. at Tepahuanes, TWEEN
ty-five miles from Santa Clara. early
in the morning of June IL. The cap
ture was made by a detachment of
the Thirteenth Cavalry under Captain
Turner and Lieutenant Patton.
LATEST RAID CAUSES
EXASPERATION IN WASHINGTON.
Washington. June 15.-The slaughter
Of thPAA Ana the woan6inr- aevey