Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-15
v|LL|STAS IN. POSSESSION
 IF OJ|NAGA. IN BOUNDARY.
Carranza Forces Desert Bor- der Town and Come to the American Side of the Line. Hand to Hand Fighting in Town.
(By Review Leased wire.)

(Ry Review Leased Wlre-)
 PRESIDO. Tex, Nov. 14.-Federal troops evacuated Ojinaga at S:3O to- night and came to the American side where they surrendered their' arms. General Juan Espinosa Y. Cordova, commander, surrendered to American troops in command of Captain Theo- dore Barnes, Jr., commander of Ameri- can troops here. He said the fighting was hand-rJ-hand before the evacua- tion. Villa troops now occupy the Mexican town. Many were killed. wounded and executed.
 The most authentic reports place the strength of the Villa forces at 1,500.
 Fighting In Streets.
 The fighting was confined to the streets of Ojinaga and in the municipal plaza since the attack opened at twi- light
 Being in position to leap at the de lenders of the little cluster of adobe huts called a town, the Villa forces swept past the outpost like wave OA TIT anu Cudl SSu uOMn lhC SliCC and into the military headquarters. The rout started soon after eight o'clock and by S:30 the evacuation had become a mob seeking safe.y on the American side of the river.
 The federal troops were rounded up by American patrols, disarmed and marched to the army camp where they were guarded. The Villa troops num- Der 1000 according to the Mexican commander.
 Fighting At Sunset
 Fighting between Villa and federal forces was resumed at 630, central time. tonight, just as the gray gauge of twilight settled over the mesa line along which the Villa soldiers were strung.
 The firing started from the federal first line trenches guarding the Mula road, to the southwes. of the town, and was answered by Villa cavalry on the northeastern slope of the mesa upon which Ojinaga sits.
 Villa troops were seen moving in 'along the reads in the hills and a gen. eral assault was expected.
 From the American side of the Rio Grande, it was not Lossible to tell tha. a hand to hand engagement was in progress tonight, and occasional tongues of flames from a, Villa rife or the flashing of signals of distress from the military headquarters in Ojinaga, were the only evidence of the mortal combat going on within the adobe wall ed streets.
 The fighting started from the south east and southwest with an assault in force from the steep slope of the north western approach resulting in a sue cessful s,orming expedition which pen etrated to the very heart of the old town, the ancient church.
 Casualties Unknown.
 No accurate estimates can be made tonight of the number of government dead. It is admitted by governmen. officials on this side that no quarters was given or asked on either side.
 American Killed.
 One of the two Americans who were
  operating the machine guns in Ojinaga when the first attack was made this morning was wounded during the fight ing tonight and was later shot by Vil- lista troopers as he lay on the ground in front of the general headquarters. The other disappeared, according, to Colonel Castor, the federal comman- der
 The other American was believed to have escaped across the river to the American side but was still missing tonight.
 wounded federal captain limped to the American side and reported the town was being evacuated.
 Capt. Theodore Barnes immediate ly ordered his patrol at the Ojinaga ford to round up the fleeing federals fiocking across fully armed.
 They were disarmed and marched to the army camp for detention. l. was estimated that three hundred crossed between and o'clock while others crossed a various other lords.
 The Villa forces were occupying the barracks soon after the evacuation.
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