Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-06-23
Glory OF ATTACK ON PEReA.
M0's TROOPS 10 BROUGHT
/: TO e. PAsO BY UNITED
STATES CITIZEN, !
CARRANzISTAS TO HANG
ALL PRISONERS, REPORT
D. Facto Force Concealed In Under.
brush When Il Discovered caval.
rymen Acknowledgements Sig
nails Machine Gun to Fire Be-
lieving Attack Near.

nails Machine Gun to Fire Be-
lieving Attack Near.
Ell Paso, June pa s+c~y brought
to Ell Paso by J. c. Hubble, IN Amer
lean who was employed " tho Com.
pania Agricola at Jopuillas, lcars out
several of the details of the engage
ment presented by General Gomez.
bubbles story was corroborated by
James Maxey, another American, who
also was on his way to Ell Paso from
the interior.
Hubble and Maxey said that some
Of the Mexicans openly boosted that
the Americans had been drawn into
an ambush.
See Dead and Wounded.
They said that while their train was
stopping at Villa Ahumada they no.
ticed numbers Of dead and wounded
being brought in and were told by
Carranzista captain that battle had
taken place. The captain informed
them, they said, that a number Of
Americans, prisoners, had been i'm:
prisoned in a cattle car and were to
be taken to Chihuahua City to DO
hanged.
They mentioned Mexican soldiers,
who told them that several hundred
Americans and $40 Mexicans had been
engaged.
Mexicans Are Concealed.
"Fhe Mexican officers at Villa Ahu-
NADIA treated us with the greatest
courtesy" Hubble said, "they answer
ed our questions quietly with no show
Of antipathy or excitement.
According to the story they told
us. the Mexican command was con-
cealed in the underbrush when It dis.
covered the American cavalrymen rid
ing toward them over the sand. Gen.
eral Felix Gomez, the Mexican COM
mander, Immediately sent courier
asking for a parley under a flag Of
truce with the American commander.
The parley was arranged and as tho
Mexican leader and two aides started
forward the Americans suddenly de-
ployed In semicircular skirmish line.
General Gomez, apparently believing
he was about to be attacked, raised
his arm and signaled a machine gun
in the rear to open fire on the Ameri-
cans. The machine gun swept tho
cavalry ranks, causing heavy losses.
Immediately, however, a detachment
81 A&ericd6 TROOPERS dashed forward,
under heavy fire, to the center of the
field where General Gomez and his
staff were sitting on their horses. In
the resultant encounter one of the
cavalrymen killed the Mexican leader
with his pistol while the remainder Of
the Carranzista party ESCAPED to their
own lines"
Mexicans Take Forty Prisoners.
The two Americans said their infor-
! nation was that the American dead
numbered II and that the Mexicans
had taken 40 prisoners.
Neither Hubble nor Maxey was able
to learn whether the Mexicans had
retreated, it being pointed out that
all of the Mexicans with whom they
talked apparently left the field be,
fore the engagement had been com.
pleted. Preparations apparently were
under way for the peaceful evacuation
Of Juarez. Several troop trains were
pulled into the railroad yards ready
for immediate use.
Mexican Consul Leaves.
Andrew Garcia, Mexican consul in
Ell Paso, crossed the Rio Grande fol-
lowing the first reports of the engage.
ment and remained with General Con-
zales through the night. He kept in
touch with General Bell, on the Amer.
lean side by telephone.