The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-08
j. S. TROOPS WIN
SECOND BATTLE
WITH V|LL|STAS
Tenth Cavalry Routs Outlaws
Near Aqua CaIientas.
THIRTY MExICANS KILLED
Number of Prisoners Taken by Ameri.
can Force-Generai Pershins
Tells of Surprise Attack In
Report to Funston.


San Antonio, Tex, April 5-Col w.
G. Brown, commanding a detachment
of the Tenth cavalry, swooped down
upon a band of Villistas near Bachi-
niba on April 1, killed thirty or forty
and took a number of prisoners.
The official report of the second en-
gagement between American troops
and Villistas indicates there were no
casualties whatever among the Ameri-
cans.
The fight was a repetition of the
brilliant engagement led by Colonel
Dodd near Guerrero on Monday of last
week when the main body Of Villas
forces were routed after sixty had
been killed.
Colonel Brown, however, success
fully negotiated a surprise attack at
noon, instead of at dawn, as was the
case with Colonel Dodd.
Just how many prisoners were
taken is not made known in the re-
port given out by General Funston,
but it is said considerable quantity
of ammunition and equipment, includ-
ing horses, was taken.
Bachiniba is IS miles northeast of
Guerrero.
The Villistas are said to have been
en- route eastward from Chihuahua
City. 1t is believed they were endeav-
oring to reach the Mexican Northwest
ern and destroy such parts Of the line
as was being used to send supplies to
the extreme advanced guard.
San Antonio, Tex, April 5.-Thirty
Villistas were killed in the second
general engagement between the ban
dit chiefs followers and the cavalry
of General Pershings punitive expedi-
ton. A number of prisoners were
also taken. News of the battle was
received by General Funston from
General Pershing.
A squadron of the Tenth cavalry,
under the command of Col. w. c.
Brown, surprised g Villjsta band
April l near Aqua Cai1entas, twenty
miles southeast OF Bachiniba pass,
one of the goals Villa himself has been
reported making for.
The Villistas were completely rout-
ed. Not one American was even
wounded, as far as reports received
here say. The bandits were pursued
through San Antonio, Chihuahua.
Colonel Browns men came upon the
Villistas while they were eating their
Tho MnvioanC
dismounted and unorganized. They
fled at the first volley fired into them.
Those able to reach their horses threw
themselves in the saddle and gallOped
off, hardly pausing to return the fire
of the Americans. Others took to
the brush on foot. Forty of the out
laws paid with their lives for their
part in the Villa raids and massacres.
Horses and Arms Captured.
A large number of horses, saddles
and side arms was captured by
Browns troopers, who are part of the
Fighting Tenth" famous negro cav
airy regiment.
Some reports of the engagement
state that Brown first encountered
the Villistas at Rugio and pursued
them through San Antonio. Different
statements are made as to where the
fight started, but all reports agree
that the Villistas were chased through
the town of San Antonio. The en-
gagement occurred somewhere in the
vicinity of Aqua Calientas, which is
20 miles southeast of the noted Bachi-
niba pass.
General Pershing's report of the
fight was forwarded to General Fun
ston by Major Evans by courier from
Rubio. Stories of the battle had al
ready reached San Antonio through
Mexican sources, but had been rather
discredited until Pershing's official
confirmation.
General Funston also announced
that it was Colonel Brown who com
manded the detachment of Dodd's cav
airy at the Guerrero fight, in which
more than 100 Villistas were killed.
Brown had with him ten troops of the
Seventh cavalry, all picked men.
General Trevino, CarranZista COM
mander at Torreon, announced the
receipt of a letter from Gen. Canuto
Reyes, famous outlaw and leader of
the VillIsta forces which have been
operating in the vicinity of Torreon,
offering to surrender, with all his
forces, if guaranteed amnesty.