The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-27
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wirelessl

GAN ANTONIO, June 25-Cenera Pershinp continued o., d
- agmentary of the Carrza to General
unsons headquarters yesterday AS details of the en-
;agement hand the American trners and
heir officers shows in increasing bright was no
anc IN spite OF the fact that the ambushed and shot
Town without warning and for hours they their lives
making the Grcasers dearly for their triumph.
AS the reports dnted from the front Mexico the number
the American loss shifted but it believed that all but
"entyone of Troop L. Tenth Cavaynot Troop C. as first re-
the command of Capt Lewis Morey ac
counted for. -
HEROIC STRUGGLE AGAINST TREMENDOUS ODDS
Fresh details the fight that the made came in also
md it heroic struggle the tremendous odds and
without hope Of relief o assistance.
Whenth eachrous machine gun began buzzng Capt Charles
Boyd commanding Troop H, Tenth Cavalry had been
oneng with General Gomez his men to fall back to
title irrigation ditch that back position They did so
md enrenched themselves there. "
Captain Moey fortunate His troop was A,nked FROM
the first and he fell back until he shelter in am adobe
Of the outbudngs apparently of the santo Domng
ranch
coLoRED TROOPERS CHARGE THROUGH cARRIzAL
In this position the irrigation the remnant
the other in the mud howell the fight Finally Captain
charge in the hope scattering Mexcans
Up ditch the cooed troopers Troop charged
straight through the town of Carza struggling wide street
and half dozen adobe houses Captain Boyd remained mounted
although most Of his had at the
rode at the head of his Twice he hohe first time
through the shoulder the through the arm but he kent M
saddle and cheeted on the fighters, behind Rim I,T
BOYD KILLED, WITH BULLET THROUGH EYE VII
They followed him to where the gun was pump
ing lead them and captured the Hardly had he so
however when bullet struck him in the eye killing him instantly
and hrs men broke back to their ditch Here Lieut. Henry
Adar took command of the and led CHARGE
against the Mexcans This time the not wait for the
troopers They had suffered that first charge and
they broke and fed 80 7'e~' N
But the charge the Tenth dearly it scattered the men
nd it is believed that Lieutenant Adar himself either killed
Or desperately wounded. - 'N
NOT AN OFFICER HAS RETURNED TO BASE ~
ne has not been seen since by the stragRers survivors
have succeeded in reaching General Pesh headquarters
tar not an officer has returned feared that all were
<lled or wounded, or taken prisoner by the greasers
Pershg reported earlier in the day. eleven survivors
e gn nave managed to reach Coona Dublan, and that
e column ne sent out he had of the engage
nent has saved sixteen
FORTY MEN OF BOYD'S TROOP MISSING ~
Seventeen known to have so that of the
gi"u men under the command Captain Boyd fortv are
missing and are believed to have been killed stories of the
escued men shed but little light the fate others
Reports from Chihuahua yesterday continued to present threat
enng picture OF the situation Northern The American
prisoners are confined in the penentiary move has
oe made 10 send them to Jurez preparatory releasing them
as demanded by the American government.
The announcement that General Trev;r b,
gam threatened 70 attack the Americans south line
COLUMN OF AMERICANS is ADVANCING
1T reported in Chihuahua that United States troops
IN Mexico is advancing in the direction Caene and Treyno
mas ordered an attack this force not known what force
this be ~ '
Inc eed lo militia continues great bh has arrived
mere although reports from the North indicate that marv of the
states are being modified rapidly possible The first com,
nand " be mustered into the federal companv Of egor
militia. 'FN'' " Ne'"