New Britain herald., 1916-06-22
CARRANZA TROOPS
 EVACUATE JUAREZ
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teen soldiers who had been thrown l into the pit.
 He asserted that it was then that 1 General Gomez went forward under a
 flag of truce, and that before the pro- 1 posed barley had begun an irre- { sponsible soldier again started the machine gun fire.
 small detachment of cavalrymen | charged toward General Gomez and l his party, who were in the center of field, directly between the two com 1 mands their pistol fire killing the ] Mexican leader.
 According to the story both com mands withdrew. The Mexican was unable to estimate the Mexican dead 1 but asserted that the American dead numbered forty, his statement agree- ing with the Mexican official reports that the American dead numbered forty.
 Military authorities here expressed no doubt that both commands suffered heavily in the fight but pointed out that no information concerning the engagement other than that from Mexican sources has been received. Even two Americans, James Maxey and J. C. Hubble, who brought most detailed accounts to the border, said that their 1nformants were all Mexi- cans Hope was expressed that the American casualties will not prove as heavy as the Mexican reports have in dicated.
 Punitive Action Likely.
 It was not considered unlikely that Gen. Pershing already has taken steps looking toward the reinforcement of the cavalry command engaged and to a swift punitive action. It was also expected that he would take such steps as are possible to rescue the captive Americans who now are on their way to Chihuahua City, to be held subject to the orders of Gen. TrevinO commanding Carranza's army of the north.
 Reports of the evacuation of towns held by Carranza garrisons in the ter ritory occupied by the expeditionary command, continued today. and it was thought that Gen. Trevino has ordered the redisposition of the troops composing the ring which has surrounded General Pershing's forces for some weeks to offset realign- .ment which the American commander began yesteday. During the night up wards of 1000 Mexicans crossed the border from Fl Paso to Juarez and today the exodus continued. Many of these left imm ediately for the south while the town itself was being rapid ly depopulated Throughout the night a steady stream of wagons carrying the household goods of citizens of the town poured out along the roads lead ing to the south. Whether the civil ians had been warned by the military authorities to leave the town could not be learned.
 Army officers asserted today that the Mexican leaders have now realiz- ed that in the event of hostilities with the United States they could not hope to hold Juarez against the Americans and have planned to withdraw to a more strategic point.
 At 8 a. nl., today a large part of the Carranza garrison appeared still to be in Juarez. At the commanden- cia it was said over the telephone that all was quiet and that there was no general movement toward evacua- tion.
 Street cars continued to move across the international bridge into Juarez this morning.
 Juarez, the Mexican town across the Rio Grande from here, was more than half evacuated at 1O o'clock to- day by the Carranza garrison. It was officially reported that three train loads of soldiers had gone southward during the early morning. and that three more trains had been loaded in preparation for departure.