The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-23
Straggler From Tenth Reaches
Headquarters Of General Per-
shing With Fresh Details Of
Engagement BY General Gomez
AMERICANS TRICKeD AND
AMBUSHED BY MExlcANS
Called To ParIey While Foe Sc
cretly Made His Preparations
To Capture Or Kill Entire Yam
ikee Detachment Near carrizal
ASSOCIATED Prssu by Federal wirsls...,

(Associated Press by Federal wirsisss.D
CAN ANTONIO, June %. - The
attack upon the American troops
near CarriZal was entirely unpro-
voked, and 3sns made after a demand
for q parIcy had been granted by the
cavalry Commanders, Capt Charles T..
Boyd, commanding Troop q, and Capt.
Lewis Moreyt commanding Troop X.
The first shots were drpd frqm awhnsh
w machine guns hidden 81 The 81 al.
/ THESE aud other details Of the FIGHT.
ing between the Tenth cavalrymen
and the Mexicans under the Carranza
commander, General Gomez, were tele-
Graphed to General Funston by Gene
raj Pershing last night, following the
arrival at the Colona Dublan, head.
quarters Of straggler from the cavr,.
ry, who WAS cut off by the sudden rush
Of the Mexicans, but managed to make
his way back to camp. g.. .... .,
Ask Permission to Pass ts
According TO the story told by the
straggler, the detachment Of cavalry.
men, commanded by Captains Boyd
and Morey, made its way to Carrizal,
was halted until q Mexican guide, sent
by Capt. Boyd, to secure permission to
pass through. could return! 4 .4
After waiting for some time the
guide returned th the announcement
that General Gomez, who commanded
the Mexican troops in the town, would
grant the request provided the Ameri-
can officers would meet him In parley
| first. .HFaE,I
Sending the guide back with an af-
frmative answer to this Captain Boyd,
accompanied bv an aide, rode forward
to meet the Mexican general The
meeting took place on the outskirts
of the town, and lasted but n short
time. *
Mexicans Deploy
While Boyd and Gomez were talking
it was noticed that the Mexican troops
were beginning to deploy as skirmish-
ers, and thrusting the fianks or wings
of the force forward as though plan
ming to surround the American troop
crs. The Americans noted this but took
no action, AZ they had been especially
warned by General Pershing before
leaving Colona Dublan, to avoid Ill
trouble, and not TO provoke fight un-
der any circumstances. ~
Soon after this movement began how
ever. General Gomez was seen TO leave
Captain Boyd and ride rapidly back to-
ward his own men, who were now ad-
vancing. As he reached his own lines,
Gomez gave the signal for the machine
guns to open fire. ~ w ftH ..E '. r
Machine Guns Hidden g. tr'
These were well concealed and the
first intimation the Americans had OF
their presence was their purring ex
plosiors. immediately the cavalrymeu
were ordered TO dismount, the horses
sent to the rear and the men deployed
as skirmishers to meet the attack. The
straggler was cut of at this point, and
was unable to give General Pershint
any further details of the fighting, ol
any definite estimate Of the number o.
= men the Americans lost In killed anC
wounded. . r.
In his report Of the development
g General Pershing says that Captain
n n Boyd was shot dead, Captain More!
was hit in the shoulder and that Lieu
$ tenant Adair was mortally wounded.
= Attack Unprovoked ~
f. tn" dispatches add that Genera
Prrshing believes that the attack wa
" mad" without provocation by the cav
I nlrvmrn, as he has issued the strictes
t instructions that all cause FOR RghtiuI
:, was to he carefully avoided by tn
$ troops under his command.
+ General Pershing reported TO Funs
II ton that on receipt of the first new
t regarding the fight but he had sen
Y two squadrOns Of the eleventh Caviar
II with instructions to get In touch wit
the Tenth Cavalry.