The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-24
BANDITS Driven
FROM POSITIONS
OUTSIDE CAPITAL
Evacuation Rumor Denied by
Juarez Commander
CARRANZA GENERAL SLAIN
F our Hundred ViIliStas Are
Known Dead,

IUAREZ, Mex. Nov. "A Villa was
repulsed again today and his forces
driven from their positions outside Chit
huahua City it was announced at mill
tary headquarters at Y 30 D. m. (moun-
tain time) today The fighting has
been for the possession ot the first and
second line OF government trenches, Vt
waS announced by Carranza officers,
and resulted in q victory tor the de
iacto forces. it was stated officially.
Andres Garcia. Inspector general OF
Carranza consulatcs. officially denied
the report that General Treyino and
his forces were at Terrace station,
north OF Chihuahua City. and had
evacuated Chihuahua City
| General Gonzales was talking with
! General Trcyino over the military tel
egraph at 10 o'clock and General Ire
vino was in the military headquarters
in the state capital Mr.. Garcia said.
Desertions Denied.
There is absolutely no truth to such
a wild rumor.' he added Neither is
there any truth in the rumor that any
! Carranza troops joined Villa"
J One general. two colonels and lO
men OF the Carran1a forces were
killed during the fighting yesterday
between the Carranza forces and Villa
bandits. -Four hundred men OF tho
Villa command are known to have been
killed and left on the battlefield.
Names Are Suppressed.
The names Of the Carranza officers
killed have been suppressed by the mil
itary censot,
General Iacinto Trevino in command
of the Carranza forces. suffered a scalp
wound. He refused to retire to the
field hospital, however, and continued
= directing the movements OF his COM
!, mand
n Battle Ended at 7:30 p m.
After many guns. which were placed
. about 2 o'clock Yesterday afternoon
i had poured an enfiading fire into the
Villa ranks. General Carlos Azuna.
Trevino's chief OF cavalry, delivered
an attack upon the Villa center and
u drove the bandit forces back in dis
order, The battle ended at 7 80 D. m,
I, with General Ozuna pursuing the Villa
y command
Other Americans Stayed.
= Mr.. and Mrs Dickerson. Mr.. and
Il Mrs. Dennis and an American named
: Harris boarded the train at Chihuahua
but left it and remained behind wher
Carranza officers told them that thu
train was certain to be attacked ant
had no chance to reach the border
I The train crew objected to leaving ant
= making the trip but on being paid ~
in gold collected by the passengers con-
N sentcd
n At 3 a. IN. today passenger trait
'e arrived at Juarez from Chihuahu'
ei bringing 100 refugees and three boz
'c cars filled with Chinese. The trai
D. left Chihuahua at noon, short tim
d before the attack by the Villa bandit
ct commenced At that time the guns o
n, Santa Rosa hill were firing at intel
A. vals and the rifle fire on both side
n was brisk
'd Government officials said that Viii
en- had announced at Parral that his ne,
ay action would be to take chihuahua an
then drive the American expedition o,
of Mexico.
Led to Trevino Change.
- II was because OF military move
III ments tending to give substance
these threats, according to officials thu
ID, General Treviuo remained on the d
I'd iensive in Chihuahua City after ar
'p- nouncing a week ago his departure ia
me the field,
ay Villas boldness in assaulting an a
MS most equal force protected by exiensiv
re- entrenchments is attributed to com
mon belief that Trevino was short
. ammunition 1t is thought here thu
- Trcvino allowed this impression
spread so as to insure IT'S rcachin
Villa while in fact he had sufficies
for all emergencies.