The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-06-28
BRAVE TROOPERS
WERE AMbUSHED
But Charged and Took
Treacherous Battery.
FIERCE FIGHT With MEX|CANS
Which Has Stirred Up Our Coun-
try To Highest Pitch OF
Patriotism.
L. :. OFFICERS FELL IN ACTION

Field Headquarters, June "a (via
wireless to Columbus, n. Nj
| Trapped and fighting against heavy
odds, the troops of the Tenth Caval-
ry engaged at Carrizal on Wednes-
day, charged twice directly into the
jaws of the ambush which the Mex
leans had laid for them. With bull
lets in his arm and shoulder, Capt.
Charles T. Boyd, the commander. re-
manned in the saddle, leading his ne
gro troopers until they had captured
the concealed Mexican machine gun
! trench. when he fell, niortaiiy
wounded with a bullet IN the eye.
This was the gist of the first de-
tailed account of the engagement
| from American sources which was
brought to Gen. Pershing to-day by
! Corporal Green, of c Troop, who
was at Capt. Boyd's side until he
| fell.
The Americans were flanked on
potH Siues ny the SdTIdHZiStdS, W HO
had partly surrounded the little
command during a conference be-
tween Gen. Felix Gomez, the MeXi-
can. leader, and Capt. Boyd. In
front was a concealed Mexican ma
chine gun trench, from which a
stream of bullets Unexpectedly was
poured into the American ranks.
Corporal Green said that Capt.
Boyd, although wounded in the arm
and shoulder by the first fire. i'm
mediately gave the order to charge,
and the detachment rode at top
speed, in a hail of bullets, directly
at the trench, capturing it just as
the American leader fell. The Mex
leans retreated to cover in a nearby
adobe shack
Lieut.. Henry Adair assumed COM
mand and ordered a second charge,
which drove through the shack,
scattering the Mexican command.
Green said he did not see Lieut.
Adair after this charge, and believed
that he lost his life in it.
Meanwhile Capt. Lewis S. Morey,
commanding X troops. which also
We're partly surrounded during the
parley, occupied another adobe
house with his men, from which he
engaged second detachment of the
MeXicans. While it is assumed here
that Capt. Morey was wounded in
the fight, neither Corporal Green
ing here knew anything of the out
come of his part OF the fight.
1t is believed here, however, that
he may have collected the shattered
remnants of the American command
and is bringing them slowly, and
through obstacles, to Gen. Per-
shing's lines. The survivors arriv-
ing here said that the Carranzistas
circled far around Carrizal after the
engagement, and overlook and cap
tured number of soldiers who had
been holding horses back beyond
sight of the point where the fight be-
gan.
Piecing together the fragmentary
reports which have reached field
headquarters. all except twenty-one
of the eighty-four men engaged in
the fight have been accounted for.
These reports indicate that thirteen
were killed. seventeen taken pris-
oner. Thirty-three have come into
camp here in the last two days, most
Of them coming afoot over a desert.
suffering the greatest hardships
from lack of water.
News dispatches from Chihuahua
City yesterday indicate that with the
capture of five additional prisoners
the captives in the hands of the Car
ranzistas now number twenty-five,
leaving sixteen of the men engaged
at Cprrizal unaccounted for.
American Forces Broke Through
Mexico Line.
San Antonio. Tex, June 24.-The
force OF the Tenth United States
Cavalry under Capt. Charles T. Boyd
succeeded in breaking through the
line OF the Mexican force under Gen.
Felix Gomez at Carrizal. according
to message tonight from Gen
Pershing to Gen. Funston, but