Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-05
PURSUIT Of
VILLA TURNS
SOUTHWARK.
Unconarmed Report That Second
Group of Bandits Have Been
Defeated.
CHIEF SPEEDING TO
SOUTHERN CITIES
Lack of Railroad Facilities Do.
lays Punitive Exped ddon u:
Seriously.

San Antonio, April 4.-Surprised
during their siesta, one of the groups
of Villas force, driven from Guerrero,
was defeated Saturday by,a squadron
of the 10th, cavalry under w. C.
Brown, according to information So
cured by Gen. Pershing and forward
ed to Gen. Funston today. In this
second engagement the American
troops have had with the Villa men.
The bandits loss was estimated from
80 to 40 killed. No mention of Amer.
ican loss was made.
Major Evans reported that Satur-
day Col Brown had encountered
band Of Villas men, and was pursu-
ing them through San Antonio. Soon
Mexicans, who arrived
from that vicinity, declared that he
had overtaken the wandering bandits
at the village of Aguas Callientes, 20
miles southeast of Bachinava.
Villas men. according to their yer.
sion Of the encounter, appeared who'll
ly unsuspecting Of the presence of an
enemy before they were attacked.
1t was about noon when Col. Brown
brought his cavalry within easy range.
The Mexicans were lying about the
place, many of them asleep and all
their horses were grazing, in many
cases some distance from the men.
Details of the action were not told.
but the MeXicans said that besides
those killed the Americans captured
an equal number of horses. Gen. Per
shing added that his report OF the en-.
lacked confirmation, though
his credence- OF the news was- inaicst-
ed by the fact that he transmitted IL
to Gen. Funston.
Essential to Safety. =
Engagements of that character, It
was said, may be expected now from
time to time, and the running down Of
bands is essential to the
safety of the American columns.
The official admission OF General
Funston's headquarters today that the
success of the expedition now de-
pended largely on the freer use Of the
railroads or the material strengthen
ing of the long line Of communication
and it's branches, situation that it
was believed might alter the entire
plan of pursuit.
southward Shift.
Villas latest southwark shift was
credited in official quarters since It
came from consular reports in which
the outlaw was located we'll beyond
Chihuahua City and evidently trying
to reach Parral, or perhaps even Tor
reon, or Durango City.
In the vicinity of all those cities.
there are known to be operating or.
ganized forces of Villas men, aggre-
eating a strength of several thousand.
According to late reports Villa ap-
pears to be travelling fast now, and
already has placed between himself
and the pursuing Americans a consid-
arable distance.
TO meet the new situation, staff OH.
GERS here assert quicker means OF
sending forward troops and supplies
should be made, and it was pointed
out that the direct JuarezChihuahua
railroad offered that means.
Two hundred American cavalrymen
lnder Col. w. c. Brown, Tenth Cav
airy, defeated an equal force Of Vii
istas in the second engagement OF
the campaign, at Aguas Calientes, 80
miles north of Guerrero, on April /.
This report was brought to General
Pershing today by two Mexican
ranchmen, who said that the Mexican
forces lost 80 men and 40 horses,
while the Americans suffered no cas-.
lalties.
Villa Not in Band.
Villa was not with the band, &C.
,ording to the ranchmen, who assert
I'd that the American troops believed
1T first they had encountered the ban.
lit chieftain. An investigation show.
I'd that he had not been with the de.
achment.
For hours, the American cavalry.
men followed Manuel Lopez, one of
Villas lieutenants, and one Of his
bandits through tortuous, winding
canyons and almost impossible trails
If the mountains.
Believing that they had eluded
heir pursuers, the bandits relaxed
heir vigilance, and before they real.
zed it, they were confronted by tho
.roops of the Tenth cavalry Of Gen.
sral Pershings own regiments. which
lad been stationed near the town to
intercept bands attempting to ikal0
heir escape. Only meagre deaths oe
he ensuing campaigns were brought
oy the ranchmen, but In many Fe.
spects they resembled that Of aveek
ago at Guerrero.
TO Shoot Mexieans.
Three Mexicans convicted - tho
ing leaders of villistas plot 70 over.
throw the garrison and tAko pooooo.
sion of the town win Be ohot q ~.
eZ tomorrow.
The others concerned N the plAt.
lCQnf1nued o0 Pm J00I