The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-24
Fall Of City Momentarily Elk
pected AZ General Trevino
10 Short of Ammunition
WILL CLNCH REBEL
HOLD ON NORTH MEXICO
Villa Said to Be Well Supplied
With Men and Munitions
and in Personal Charge Of
Military Movement

Ell Paso, Tex. Nov. zs.-Francisco
Villas second battle for Chihuahua
CITY bade fair to be successful. 40
cording to late reports tonight. IL
was asserted by villa adherents and
conceded by Carranxistas that villa
does not need Chihuahua CITY to
olinoh his control Of Northern Mexico.
The bandit leader. II WAS said. want
ed the Trevino stronghold merely to
demonstrate hts strength. to show
what he can do.
At nightfall the battle still was in
progress for tho occupation OF Chi
huahua City, without decisive advAn-
ta&e to Villa or Trevino.
The heaviest nghting between the
Villista bandits and Carranzistas was
In the southern part of the city
around the Guggenheim mines. and
losses were said TO be heavy on both
sides
The attack on Chihuahua City be-
gan shortly before noon. when Villa
personally leading n part of his force.
made an assault on the southern out
skirts OF the town. simultaneously
another body OF Villistas massed on
the western front OF Trevtno's ca pital.
but according TO the latest reports
reaching Juarez. had not made an
attack.
Has Little Ammunition.
Late tonight de faoto government
representatives in Juarez were frank
In their expressions regarding the
outcome Of the engagement At the
Juarez command II WAS admitted that
Trevino was very short OF anmuni-
ton and fear was expressed that for
this reason the military government
might he forced to evacuate the
town,
Although the telegraph wire from
Juarez to Chihuahua City remained
cut at a late hour tonight, with a
military operator in charge. but few
details OF the battle were available.
One report was that a heavy body
OF Viilistas succeeded In pushing their
way into the heart OF the city late in
the afternoon. Carranzista agents
asserted that Trevino had twenty guns
Of seventy-five and eighty millimeters
caiibre mounted on Santa Rosa Hill.
south of the city. Fillista represen-
tatives declared that Villas men cap
tured and silenced this battery early
In the engagement
May Take City in Darkness.
Military experts az Fort Bliss ex-
pressed the belief that Villa would
throw his forces from the west into
the city tonight under cover of dark
ness The best available estimates
placed the Trevino defenders at 5000,
while the villistas were said to num-
her from 1000 to 5000 with num-
erous machine guns and plenty OF
ammunition. captured from General
Osuna. Refugees reaching Juarez
declared that villa had several pieces
OF heavy artillery, captured IN his
former attack on Chihuahua City.
Based OH the Carranzsta order that
all available railway cars be sent 10
Chihuahua City, the prediction was
freely made that the Trevino strong
hold Is to be evacuated by the de-
tenders tomorrow.
There ware many Americans known
TO be IN Chihuahua CITY. and fear OF
their safety vAs felt by Federal on
cials in Ell PAso. News at midnight
from Juarez that refugee train had
left tho bcleaguered city after the
fghting began allayed the anxiety
somewhat.