The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-04-07
VILLA ROUTED;
WOUNDED in LEG.
DASHINC SURPRISE ATTACK By DODD's
CAVALRY SPLITS BANDIT FORCE
81 HEyICANS NLLED---CARRAHzA
len ST FREE---CARRIAcE SAVES
CHIEF.

Four hundred American cavalry
men. under command of Colonel
George :. Dodd. galloping down from
the granite slopes Of the great coz
tInental divide, have fallen On he
main body of Francisco Villas Iam=
dts At The san Geronimo ranch. scat
tering them In many directions md
driving the bandit chief, wounded and
crippled. 10 aeek hiding place In he
mountains. villa was hurried from
danger IN carriage The fight onsn.
ed II 8 o'clock In the evening d
March = and continued for several
hours.
For Il hours the veteran colonel.
with his pIeked troopers of The Eesz
enih and Tenth Cavalry. drove down
the YaIlsy o[ the Santa Maria river.
At the en- # = 5s-miie ride they fell
upon The unHnspeeting villa camp.
where H11 zandiis were celebrating
the massacre Of iT2 Carranza HoIz
diera to 1aYs previously IT GneTz
rero.
villa. shot through the leg and With
one hip shattered, was hurried from
the aeene. barely In time To escape he
onslaught If the Americans The
bandits made brief but hopeless
stand before charge OF Colonel
Do1d ana hIz troopers. Then IneT
broke and fed. leaving 81 dead m
the field. including their commander.
General EIIzeo Hernandez, Two M
chine Kunz. number OF horses. rife.
ammunition and equipment fell into
the hands oI the Americans.
4.4Z =
Pablo llonez. Villas lieutenant IN Ine
Columbus raid. The American eaaz
ualtiss we're four privatea wounded.
The American soldiers did not
lInKef ~ he neld of victory. For fIxs
hours theY drove the enemy before
them into IL wilderness OF mountain
peak. deHarI and canyon, where road
or afen trails are unknown nd
where mIaaiep means death =
horse md IIdeT They halted onIY
after fHa chase had led them 10 mile
and The fuKItites we're scattered into
little band. II half dozen uz#n szeH=
VILLAS career has ended, hia poHef
Iaa ben broken HIS death NJ cap
fufa + nHIx question OF daYH. -
hapE onIY hours. Such Is the mel
table eonHImHI0n reached here = II
tie b III. The details OF Uodaiz
ride reach The border. II seems IN
possible thai The crippled bandit en-
long remain hidden. even In the noun
tAinonH wastes IN which he Ia
sought TefuEe.
The zeHne Of colonel Dodd's Victory
Is broad xaIleY lying ut The head nf
the santa Maria River On The HazI
rise the barren foothills OF The eonIl=
mental divide and to the east i ITaII.
made famous - villa, which Lends
through fhe IAgnnda de Castillo d.
I triet n Santa faabei IL waa u IHa
latter hIaas that villa killed i
American mining men. a crime which
sent thrill IF horror throughout IhH
United Slater and marked The BEGIN
ming Of sHaI many believe 10 be lie
end Of hIE lIuod- stained career. I
was toward Santa YKabal that h ~
/ believed n be heading when he
troopers u lhe United States aNenI
down from he north upon hlH aaInn.
From h meagre details which
have reached here from Mexican md
American Military sources. Colonel
Doddia men made their way unnotIeHd
through II arruyos. or deep gnlehss.
which knIII tie foothills In all dITee=
tIonH. and HeTe almost In The camp
before The alarm WAS given The ad=
vance guard erept up through aTfogaH
beyond the villa outposts before Ihsf
were discovered. and the American
Springfield rifles moved down he
MezIeans = they sprang from her
I pallets.
villa himself vas in llttle IenI
In the rear Of the encampmenI and
took no aaIIze part In the engagement.
leaving the direction OF his troops u
General Hernandez.
The extraordinary hold the bandit
chief has On his followers Is shown b
the fact Ihaf their first thought .as
10 save hin. Unable 10 walk or ride.
he was placed In light wagon and
driven ofeT tha rough mountain tTaIIH
To some secret lair.
While i i the bandits are known
10 have heen killed, II is said the mum
ber maY haze been considerably IarEz
er Nothing i yet known ~ 10 the
number oI wounded. although i i
presumably IN proportion 10 the dead.