Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-25


at o'clock this afternoon from Gen
eral Trevino, sating that at that hour
the entire command of Villa was ee-
ing from Chihuahua City in all direc-
tons, hotly pursued by the Carranza
columns.
Juarez, Nov. 24--Villa was re-a
pulsed again today and his forces
driven from their positions outside
Chihuahua City, it was announced It
military headquarters here at 1850
p. m. (mountain time) today. The
fighting has been for the possession
Of the first and second line of gov
crnment trenches, it was announced
by Carranza officers, and resulted in
victory for the de facto forces,
il was stated officially.
4 Villa and his bandits returned SO
the scene of their apparent defeat
yesterday and renewed the attack at
9 o'clock a. m. today, General Fran
cisco Gonzales, commander of the
Brigada Juarez, announced at noon
today. General Gonzales said he had
been in communication with Chihua-
hua City constantly since early morn
ing and had had brief conference re-
garding military affairs during the
morning.
Carranza Officers Killed.
chihuahua City, Mex, Nov. 3D.
(Via El Paso Junction-Delayed by
Military Censor. )-One general, two
colonies and 100 men of the Carranza
forces were killed during the fighting
today between Carranza troops and
Villa bandits. Four hundred men of
the Villa command are known to
have been killed and left on the battle-
field.
The names of the Carranza officers
killed have been deleted by the mill
tary censor.
General Jacinto Trevino, in COM
inand of the Carranza forces, suf-
fercd q scalp wound. He refused to
Frstirc to he field hospital, however,
and continued directing the move
ments Of his command.
CarranEa Troops Desert.
FL Paso, Nov. 24--Richard Wis
brun and American members of
party arriving here early today from
Chihuahua, said that 1000 Carranza
troops had gone over to the bandits
without firing a shot.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Dickerson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dennis and another American
named Harris loarded the train at
Chihuahua, but left it and remained
behind when Carranza officers told
them that the train was certain TO be
attacked and they had no chance to
reach the border. The train crew
objected to leaving and were only in
duced to make the trip upon receiv-
ing $40 in gold collected by the pas
sengers.
Other passengers were almost unani-
nous in the opinion that the town
would surrender to Villa after brief
resistance, as the entire civilian popu-
lation and most OF the soldiers are
believed TO be Villa sympathizers.
General Trevino Wounded
FL Paso, Tex, Nov. 23.-General
Trevino, commanding the Carranza
forces, was wounded during the fight
ing in the early AFTERNOON, while per-
sonally directing the fighting from the
vicinity of Santa Rosa hill, General
Francisco Gonzales announced N
Juarez' tonight after receiving a mes
sage from Chihuahua City.
General Trevino returned to the
city to have a scalp wound on the
right side OF his head dressed at the
military hospital. With a bandage
around his head he returned to his
post at field headquarters and con-
tinued the direction Of the Carranza
forces firing line.
Pursuing Bandits.
At 10 o'clock tonight military au-
thorities in Chihuahua City tele-
graphed to General Gonzales in
Juarez that General Carlos Ozuna in
command of the Carranza cavalry
was pursuing the bandits in the
direction of Mapula and the cav
airy column was reported to be ten
miles south of Santa Rosa.
No estimate Of the number of
killed or wounded has yet been made
it was announced over the military
wire. Because of the darkness it was
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