The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
VILLA SOUTH OF
SATEV0, COL. D0DD
IN CLOSE PURSUIT
Ten Of the Chiefs Personal
Guard Killed by a Car
rama Force.
QUARRY MAKING FOR
PARRAL. Is BELIEF

DL PAso, April Villa continues TO
eiude the United States and C~arransa
forces and push southwark into Mex
leo. further and further from the Amer.
lean border and tho American army's
supply basc.
According 70 information received to-
day by Mexican Consul Andres Garcia
and Gen. George He'll. Jr.. commando
of tho American border patrol at III
Paso, Villa IL In La Boquilla. fifty-hve
miles south of Satevo. a town about
midway between Chihuahua city and
Tarral.
The information came from Gen. Luis
Gutierrez. commanding tho Carranza
troops in Chihuahua. and reported tina,
his forces on April I had engaged Villas
year guard At C~ieneguilla- "A small place
lust acr, ~ the san Pedro River from
0atevo. and that " OF the prisoners
captured by the Ca%rranzistas reported
that villa. his personal command re.
duced to 200 then. was less than "A da,
ahead villa had left ii!ty men behind
ot Cieneguilla 70 protect his retreat. The
Carranzisias killed ten Of these and
tvuk Two OtneTS TulsOueTS. Inc OtneT&
scattered to the hills In small bands.
Advices from Gen. Gutierrez and also
from United States army sources report
that the American army IL south ol
Satevo n pushing further south or
Villas trail. The Americans have lonl
ago cut loose from their supply base IL
the hard ride and have little to eat bu
fresh meat. except when they encountel
American mining camps able to suppl,
meat. -four and bacon from their com
inissaries.
Col. Dodd In Charge.
Tho advance guard Of the American
forces Is still In command OF Col. Dodd
closely followed by the command Of Col
Brown. Tenth Cavalry. who last weel
met almost annihilated "A villa ban,
in San Antonio canyon near Ojo Cali
entcs. Col. Brown fought these Villista.
near Bachiniva, but had TO fall back {,
Gust because OF the exhaustion OF hi
supplies, 1t is explained. He was re
enforced there by other cavalry escortln,
- provision train and again took III,
0eld. riding south after the Dodd com
0snd.
The country into which villa ha
passed Ia extremely rough but We,
watered. and Am. orleans acquainted witt
Nuo fc8loH assert tnat tuer0 should b
considerable pasturage for horses at thi
time OF the yeS Many Of the horse
OF the different commands have sue
cumbed To the hardshlps Of the grueilinI
rides on the chase after the bandits. bu
the large number still se:viceable is tn
subject OF much comment from cavalry
men and frontiersnien alike.
Carranza troops concentrated at an
near the city Of Chihuahua when II wa
feared that Villa might attempt 10 strlk
at tn. State capital are now being move
southwest into the mountains after Villa
coope ating with the American force.
according to the advices t. Consul Gar
ola
As far a. can be learned there is ar
parently no more friction to-day betwe,I
The American and Carranza forces tina
the day the Americans entered Mexico
and while the American column Ia
penetrated more thar 400 miles int
Mexico the Carranza officials apparent
arc tvidencing no alarm at the length q
the stay Of the Americans.