El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-31
JUAREZ Guards
AGAINST ATTACK
Defeat of Villa in Chihua
hua City Battle Friday
Causes Rejoicing.

Unusual military precautions were
/ taken at Juarez Saturday to prevent
! Francisco villa and his forces from re-
! peating the coup OF November Is. 1914,
! when ne surprised the garrison and
I captured the town after having been
defeated at chihuahua City. Villa
! reached the city on a troop train
which was announced as a federal
| train and. TO prevent this trick being
duplicated. all train movements have
been suspended betwe-n JuaI ez ana
! Chihuahua Cisy, OLtposts have been
stationed along the A-Sican Central
railroad and guards uoubieJ a. Ou.u
the city
The victory over Villa at chihuahua
! City Fri4ay caused q gene al -cele-
I bration in Jua ez and Gen Francisco
MurEUia is the he o Of northern Mexico
fOl4Owin his de eat OF lila Gen.
Jose. Carlos Murguia, his brother. who
is in command at Juarez. VS. busy
rec living the congra. ulatiOns OF city
officials and miiita.y officers Satur-
day.
Villa made determined effort to
capture chihuahua City. but u IS driven
off with the loss OF 900 prisO ers and
$50 killed and ounded out Of his
force OF $500 cavalrymen.
The attack, which had ueen expected
by the garrison 70 ceS. was launched
direct on OF Cuinta Carolina north OF
the city, and read rapidly to the
Santa NinO railway s alton. the store
houses OF the Pierce OIL c. mpsny and
the abandoned city GENE cry. II was
then I. a The battery n Santa Rosa
Il II, the key to the city which villa
took by rush In his succ ssful at
tack OF last November. opened upon
the rebels, aided by d cleve ~ placed
battery al the C-ntIal railway station.
TREE Charges RepulSed.
Gen l. hernandez by e2ecuting q
flank movement. Lroke up one end OF
the line ana took 200 pris neTs. Col
Mora, entrenched in the old cemetery.
repuised thr charges BY Villas
sqCadrons. The Villa prisoners t.ken
there raised the total to SOC Besf les
this, over 200 saddle horses. three ma
chine guns and a quantity Of arms were
captured
VHIistas Numbered $500
From an order of the day found on
shown to have numbered $500 men. all
cavalry, which was only half the size
Of the defending CarranZa forces
whose losses in dead and wounded
amounted to the comparatively small
number OF 120 men.
Villa was reported TO be IN personal
command, but remained at q safe dis
lance from the zone Of fire.
The rebels were wei provided with
ammunition. but lacked food and cloth
ing and suffered on the battle field
from neeQ OF water.
Murguia Directs Defence.
Gen Francisco AIurguia kept Up q
constant personal inspection Of the
lines and outposts in his motorcar
during the battle.
AL saloons and stores were closed, ]
and the sale OF liquor forbidden on 3
the penalty Of death Good order has
been maintained throughout
General Caught and Hanged.
Among the Villa prisoners was the I
former COnstitutiOnalist general. MI
guel Saavedra. a native OF these parts, |
who was hanged to a tree At the en- /
trance Of the Santa Nino bridge I'm :
mediately after capture The Carranza !
forces regret the death in action OF /
Col. Antonio Gaxiola and Capt Ramon I
Gonzalez Col MattOs was wounded. /
The garrison officers all testify as 1
to the fury OF the rebel attacks. which I
was broken only by the strength Of the
fire returned Much credit is given 70 /
the artillery. which was Commanded i
by Gen II. Barros, aided BY Mai J. /
Coronado and Can't. SaudovsI