The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
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''EN. PEnsHrNG's IIEADoUARTERs
Lear Namquipa. via wireless to Colum-
bus, ~ NJ. May 6.-Iialf clad, afoot.
With only a few revolyers left and with
II" food the dcmoralized remnants OF
"hat was until yesterday morning the
largest band of vilrstas remaining are
seeking sanctuary In the mountains
south OF cushuiachic.
Al their backs are the six troops OF
he Eleventh Cavalry. which under
Major Howzc early yesterday at OJo
Azules swept over them. killing forty
TWO, Nounding many more. taking pris-
oncrs and horses. all without the loss
either IN killed or wounded Of a single
american trooper
They are giving the Nillis;as no rest.
although the cavalrymen have been AZ
continuously now for nearly two DAYS
They can find no safety in the arroyos OF
"anyons. ia the thick underground OF
The mountains or the mesquite OF the
plains. Where the NOR. desperate are
making show OF resistance there is
short shrft. ard where surrender comes
here are speedy trips TO the main COLI
umn.
Major Howe is s,ill too busy tp
make a detailed report TO Gen Pcrshing.
That must come when the job is thor
oughly cleaned up. as it is being done.
Yet enough has come through for the
soldiers 10 say that 1t will be a long day
i"fore the feat will he repeated
Gets Word Of Hand.
Major Howe and his troopers were
at Sau Antonio. thirty-six miles north
of Ojo Azules. which is seventeen mile.
south ~ CusihuiachiC. on Thursday eve
ming when word came ;ha; the Villista
forces under gems. Cruz Dominguez Ju.
TO Acosta and Antonio Angeles, a
cousin of villas former chief 81 artil-
leYy ten. Felipe Angeles. had at
tackled the carranZa garrison AT that
point late in the afternoon
The garrison had held them off urtll
nightfal when hostilities ceased under
the Mexican custom. but there were fears
for the morning a. the Nillistas wer, in
considerable force.
The american troopers Sc; out on that
ihrty-siN mile dash at = 80 o'clock IN
the evening over country bad enough
in the daytime. but positively dangerous
at Night. They had not only to make
,hr trip in safety. but also to prev.u,
any word going TO the bandits
l. was just daylight nine hours late, ,
{ hat the Americans located the b, siegers
Of the town bvouacked among .le adobe
huts on the outskirts, sleef .ng. their
heads wrapped in their blankets and
s.rapes. IL was upon this sleeping horde
that the troops descended. horses at a
ledo run and the men all yelling Til,
surprise was almost complete. II 1t had /
not heen for the man riding night herd
on Tn. horses IT would have been en-
tiiely complete.
b, fore any but a few knew they we've
the Americans were into the
thick of them. horses plunging and the
men using their au,omatics as fast as
they could insert the clips
There was not \ chance to fight back
foi most Of the MeNicans. They had no I
time to rush into the 'dobe houses and !
start snping They could not make a !
sta.i behind walls they did not even :
have time to get their rifles In majority !
OF casts They thought only Of flight !
from the khaki clad demons that were
cvci where shooting them down, riding |
them down.
only these VINO had heard the alarm !
given by the herder got away, but they !
had to get away on foot. The few who |
mad weapons made a show OF fight after |
they had escaped from the ring OF death, !
hut the cavalrymen were after them In .
"A little while and they took to flight.
When the rest came, after two hours !
hghting and the overjoyed Carranzistas /
mad ventured from the town. an account |
OF the situation was taken by the COM
'nander. His men picked up forty-two !
dead bandits and must have found many !
wounded. Among the dead were Angeles |
and other officers.