The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-04-20
MtX|CANS SHOT
uNARMED men
SOLDIERS ATTACKED WHILE ON
WAY TO BUY FOOD.
REITERATED TO The MAIN. tpRof
Americans Turned Machine Gun on
Assailants and Forty Were Killed.
United States Consul Sends
Report of Fight.

San Antonio, Tex, April 15.-Consul
Letcher, at Chihuahua City,, tels-
graphed General Bell at Ell Paso the
following report Of the Parral Tight:
twenty-five unarmed American SOL
diers, entered Parral to buy supplies.
They were fred upon by Carranza
troops and civilians. Two Americans
were killed They retreated to camp,
outside Of PaTral, and returned the
fire of the Mexicans. Forty Mexicans
were killed. Machine guns were used.
No figures ON wounded"
Consul Letcher through General Bell,
also reported the Mexican version of
the fight at Parral current in Chihua-
hua,s Forty unarmed troopers Of the
Thirteenth cavalry went into the town
for supplies. They were attacked
by a combined mob of Carranzista
soldiers and citizens. Two troopers
were killed. The survivors FASTENED
back to the main body, who opened
fire with machine guns, killing forty
Mexicans. r-t HI
". s. Troops Occupy Parral2
IA Paso, Tex, April l5.-Ross An
derson, a mining man, has received
dispatch from Chihuahua. which states
that American troops have occupied
Parral and now are in full possession
of the city. j.. ,rE> -, IA
Americans who arrived here from
Casas Grandes say the American
troops at Colonia Dublan are digging
in" and have formed intrenchments
around three sides of the Mormon set
Element, with the river forming the
rear line. These intrenchments are
being carefully guarded and mountain
guns have been planted in them com
handing the approaches to Colonia
Dublan from the northeast and the
south. This is being done for Yprac.
tice@ according to the officers -
Bandits Routed, In Attack on Supplies.
General Pershing's Camp at Front
(yia Aeroplane to- Chihuahua, via Ell
Paso Junction., April l5.--About for
ty mounted men. believed to be Villa
men of General Tarangos command,
attacked at night an automobile sup
ply truck and were driven off after a
short fight. There were no American
casualties. One, Villa bandit was
killed. ILL., p. e
General Pershing moved his camp
south, penetrating far into Villa ter
ritory, where he found numerous con-
stitutionalist detachments under Gen
eral Cara, who gave all the Ameri-
cans friendly greeting and co-opera-
ton. Aeroplanes, which were first to
reach this new front, had remarkable
adventures. but all came through safe
ly. General Pershing travelled here in
an automobile train of supply trucks.
which made record-breaking trip.
Fight Lasts Twenty Minutes.
The fight, which occurred about
nine o'clock at night, was, several
miles in the rear of automobiles car
rying General Pershing. and his es-
cort. 1t lasted about twenty. minutes.
When the bandits who. tried to cap
ture. one truck CAME up the Ameri.
cans poured in five volleys, which end
ed the fight completely: There were
two attacks, the first slight one, and
directed against forward truck The
last attack was a rush against the
rear trucks in which bullets few
against. the automobiles and poured
through the brush which covered the
mesa.
The bandits seemed to think the
cutting off Of the rear truck would
be easy, because some of, them got
within few feet of it before the,
Americans, who were withholding.
their fire, cut loose. -. y H. D..
The American soldiers thought they,
lift some of the bandits.
Three Bandits Reported Killed.
Harry Gosnear Of the auto-truck
train, resident of Philadelphia, got
a bullet through his head.
At the constitutionalist camp, with
in few miles of the scene of the
fighting, 1t was reported that three
bandits were killed the first part of
the week. Lieut. A. r. Christie of the
aero squad commanded the men In
the fight. Capt. T. f. Godd OF the
aero squad, who has the command of
the trucks In front, formed his men to
attack the bandits, but the fight was
over too quickly for his men to get
into action. The first car attacked
carried the personal effects and food
for General Pershing and his staff.
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