Arizona republican., 1916-11-27
TROOPS OF CARRANZA STILL HOLDCHIHUAHUA
 BATTLE OF SATURDAY
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 CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, Nov 9 (Via Maria, Tex, Nov. 26)-l-ote yesterday afternoon a small band Of Nillistas took a footbold in the church of Santa Rio de Guadalupe. They were driven out by gun fire from their stronghold and cavalry disEe sed them. The night was spent in eX- pectation of the last desperate at tack which did not materialize. In the morning of today small groups of enemy cavalry were sheiled by the artillery of santa Rosa.
 Yesterday afternoon Villa drove up in an automobile to within about three miles of the town from the northwest direction. The automobile was shelled by long range guns out escaped. The column of General May cotte, who has already left Santa leo- salia with $500 cavalry, is expected to reach here Sunday and drive off the remaining Villistas. No figures show ing the casualties on either side dur ing the three days fighting are yet available.
 Villa is expected to withdraw soon to the hills as his forces have bean scattered by the shell and rifle fire of the defacto forces and his efforts to capture the city are growing less and . 4Gf lOTGGlui.
 Officers of General Treyino's gen. eral staff expect to disperse the re- maining forces of the bandits and that N the situation will be comple ely cleared by tonight Villa Is believed to have learned of the advance of the Carranza cavalry under General Fo~- gunato Mayootte, which is nov march, ing overland from Santa Rosalia.
 Francisco Villas automobile. which was being used by him to direct his bandits against the Carranza troops. was struck by shell fire today and was abandoned near Fresno, south west of the city. The shell holes and bullet, marks were plainly seen on the sides of the big automobile when it was found on the battlefield after Villa abandoned it and was forced to ride away on horseback.
 The battle today Saturday. starred soon after the telegraphic communi- cation with Juarez was cut. The wire went down at 10 o'clock Q. m. and the battle started shortly before II a. m. and was raging by 11:30 a. m. The bandits attack covered tte entire southern front from east to west with flanking operations to the east and West
 The most desperate fighting oc- cured or Zarco avenue within the city. The bandits threw their best equipped forces against the entrench ments which had been thrown mp across this street end street figh1ng followed The Villa forces made every possible effort to take these en- tTenchments. which were tfe key to the dcfenses of tke city proper.
 The de facto infantry met these charges with counter charges and the lattle waged back and forth in this narrow. adobe lined street until the Villa bandits were driven out of the mouth of the avenue onto the plains where they were raked with machine gun fire from the housetops and the artillery fire. which had supported effectively the infantry efforts.
 General Trevino Is prepared for an- other general assault although the in dicatiOns today were that the eQemJ would not attack again. However. General Trevino is not relaxing his vigilance and he is prepared for q surprise attack from any one of the four quarters. At the time this mes- sage was dispatched by courie-. there were no bandits to be seen west of the city. General Carlos Ozuna's cav airy charges in this direction com- pletelv freed tlis sector of the Villa forces (which have been driven off to the southwest at a distance estimated a. five miles. The Villa troops at lacked repeatedly ard with great dar- ing but were driven off by the de facto forces and the force of their blows spent against the first line entrenchments.
 The losses on both sides are re- ported to be heavy as tho fighting during the past 24 hours has been much closer in range and some of 1t has been almost hand to hand en- counters as in the ZarcO avenue as- sault. The wounded who fell outside of the city could not be rescued from the mo mans land" beyond the first line trenches because of the firing by both the bandits and the goyernmen Tt forces It is expected to send rescto parties out under cover Of night to- night to bring in the wounded and bury the dead The wounded who fell within the city are being cared for at the municipal hospital which is in command of Colonel Martinez, the staff surgeon of General Treviuo. Women are serving as volunteer nurs- es in this and other hospitals of the citv
 The troops on both the bandit and government sides sppear very tired after three days of almost constant fighting. The government forces. however. are in good spirits and eager for more fighting They celebratel the victories which they claim over the Villa bandits during the past fighting as they huddled arouud the'r camp fires in the first line trenches.
 A force of cavalry has been sent out from Guerrero west Of here. to pursue Rodrigo Ouevedo and the Murga Brothers who have been operating in the country north and west Of Cii huahua City.
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 JUAREZ, Mexico, Nov. 2G.-The As