Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-08
YILLISTAS BEATEN
AIT THEIR OWN GAME
Americans Slip Unseen Through
Mountain Pass and Route Band
al Aqua Calientes
DETAILS OF SECOND BATTLE

~ 1hENAsD 1At . a -
rBRsIIlHG CAMP, AT San GER.
cNlMo RANCH. Mexico, April a.
~ Ae.oplane and Motor Truck d
Columbus, n. 81, April q News Of
TIE second villiaa defeat, which
reached hero late today, was taken
es d sharp moral defeat for the vi.
listas, because The American cavalry.
Hon had outwitted them al their
cwn sanie. that NJ slipping unseen
through mountain paeecf
The news came IN after General
Iorahlng had been out Of touch With
General Funston for Two days, on
account Of bad flying weather and q
temporary shortage Of gasoline,
which prevented the aero squad from
eprrying The generals messages
teck 10 the wireless al Bis field head i.
nnartcrs,
Those loases ~ Che Vilisias tonight
given ~ thirty Or more dead ana forty
Horses captured IN The ARBas cAiiebfes
heht, WE'RE ndt considered IN ~ much
sigpifiehnee ~ tho manner iD which the
eonp was etecuted
Bandits RELY on speed,
Ever einee llie Vinlslas reiterated fr0ni
Guerrero he presence of villa bands IN
aone force between 0uorrero aBd Baebl.
nlea ffiYf ITe miles north of Guerrero,
had befn known. II nso vas evident
from tbe reports II hhbaquarters that
These Niilisina under Manuel t,opez we're
Inclined 70 rely f6f safety on their infl-
mate knowledge " The mountain parser
That they were relying on nothing eiss
fhsn their speed IN making f0r difficult
paeses was Indicated last Friday. March
y, wbeB Two American aeo0is lpadyer.
'epliy frightened the entire band, esti.
mated ~ about a0 ont o. the town Of
fiacbiniya
The scouts aot into bloodlsss duel
@ifh two Niliiata outpoafs ~ Bloblnlgs.
The sound NJ fhe firing aroused The WI. |
iisias. gho ~ The fifne we're oamped III
the PLAN ~ The town. They scrambled
for their hofsea with shouts of Los
AmerloanosR
They rode out of the mountains IN
hurry esfufday ana sunday Two sop.
arate columns ~ cayaifYtDan we're on |
The trails which thla band had taken, |
N spite Of fast riding. or rather, fast |
NalkinR, Tor u 10 ~ walking and lead. |
ing their horses most of tho way that the
cavalry gets around AMI sometimes ~. /
feefiy over the mountain tops. neither
= those troops was IN position 10 catch |
The viillstas
NeEr0 r0ipms Moves Rapidly.
apparently ulaf Ia what the bandits
bad expected, bot they reekoped aRain.
sa ~ their first defeat a. Guerrero. wltb. /
9at accounting for tbe unexpected stflk, L
lhg power ~ the American onvalrynen.
The Americans we're not relying Dpon
merely two columns Of troops 10 bor
The Nilliatas. Helow Baofinlva, where
nifber thc villisias dId not know of their
presence or where they considered them
100 far away 10 be menace. were go
negro cayairymen under Colonel W. g. II
Brown
Those negroes have The reputation on
ttfN tFf1HN AHf HtHi tfNtttFH IN Inc
army They eaught the yiliistnB after
fhe bandits had ridden only a few hours
out 81 Haehiniva, Like b0dda fight Al
Guerrero. u was case Of quick work
for = few moments With rifles and then
q chase, The Americans dld mt stop 10
report what they had done. but stayed
On The trail. 80 that tonight. two days
after The fight, no details have reached
Headquarters camp, other than the bare
report o. q skirmish and the story Of
Two Mexican ranehmen giving Tho loca
lion Of the encounter and viIlista losses
The news Of the encounter caused no
s'fnfiae Or special citation in this camp
we expect to set them" was Inc
usual comment Of tho officers when asked
= neither they we're surprised ~ striking
ne hiding Villstaa 20 soon again