The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-27
SEVEN SURVIVORS
OF BATTLE REACH
CAMP OF PERSHINC'
Horse-Holders Who Escaped Mexican Goril-
las Give Some Details of How Captain Boyd
and His Little Command Were Betrayed and
Slaughtered By Order of Carranzista General
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireless)

GAN ANTONIO june "a \nhIatcd by treachqrv Such is the
- epitaph troops Tenth United Cavalry.
which five hours under ring stood off the attacks Of
troops in the fight (arrmL
Only aementary reports fighting may come
to the history country along side the Alamo
all show that the Mexicans planned to slaughter the
American cavamen the main column that the orders
of General TrevnO movngsouth east west must be
obeyed
time according the dispatches from tie head
quarters of General Phng C"ona Dublan survivors have
been brought into safety by the scouts sent out to search for survivors,
managed way through camp and
port the destruction Of their commands
PERSHING SAYS REPORTS ARE SUSTAINED
These reports sas Pershng
Immediately after the fighting that the Americans nIts
of any povocation They had oed orders avoided fighting
fighting absolutely upon them in selfdefens and then
they fought for hot hours until charge of the Mexican horse
numbering hundreds broke their lines and left them the
of the Creaser gorilas
Porshing reports little that already known
gardng corral of the Domingo
smhcred little pueblo of Carrim His
information for the part from Mexican and the
horshole, who dragged from their posts when their
stampce by the wild rush of yelling rs
b"I"d leaving the 100 me" of tn" w" trop-C and 1T" their
OF the early of the fight they know something Of what
happened after the stampede they able to tell little
BOYD is BETRAYED BY CARRANZISTA
patchwork however, headquarters up
reasonable of the engagement Called to conference" with
Capt CharleS Bo,d commanding the two troops
specing rcache Tow the paey lasted the sragglcrs
but without far they could machnegun
opened fire For time baked alone then Gomez had left
Boyd waved his hand and places where they had been
concealed awaiting the signal torrent Of shouting shooting Mexican
swept down upon prone upon the hot
sand depycd kmShcs Fast the Americans fired the horses
moved faster and the cavamcn unable to the
fire control They drove the first attack back however, and held the
foe in play for Them from their flank exposed assault
the final charg" of the Greasers
ATTACK ENDS IN FEARFUL MASSACRE
How Of them it impossible for the stragges
only but they down the American line, and the
chincgun fire augmented by this broke 1t
end The of the cavarymen stamr Jerking the lines
of the hands the hoshodcrS and
nderlPss and uncontrolled.
Surrounded three sides by greatly forces afOot and
fighting mounted the Americans lay fought until their
ammunition out. and then they died.
Seventeen of lrm by the Mexican surrendered themselves
prisoners to tl" and taken to- Chihuahua
The effect Of this confirmation of the dread that had been
ut headlaS all day yesterday terrific Not of the officers
OF General FunnE staff would discuss the All hoped
hone ia" unofficial continued telling of the
hiaton Of the They could believe Then
the fracmc"t Of from General IrSn. they accepted
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