Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-18
OVER HUNDRED OF
VILLA : MEN ARE
REPORTED KILLED
IN j. s. ATTACK
Between Fifty and Sixty Bodies
Taken From Trenches Near
Race Track and ThirW-Six
At Another Point,
AMERICAN LOSS, ONE
KILLED, TEN WOUNDED
Artillery Does Splendid Work,
Though Movement of Guns
Over Irrigation bitches Is
Difficult.


FL Paso, Tex, June 17,--Scouting
patrols which were sent out along the
American bank of the Rio Grande
this afternoon in an effort to locate
q band of twenty-five Villa rebels re-
ported east of San Lorenzo church,
returned and reported to military
headquarters that the rumor was
without foundation. 1t was an
nounced tonight that no villa men,
except the wounded, were now in the
Juarez district,
Official reports submitted to Gem
eral Erwin late today established the
fact that more of Villas men were
killed by American troops than at
first estimated. Between fifty and
sixty bodies were taken from the
trenches near the race track follow
ing the assault of these trenches by
the Twenty-fourth (colored) infantry
and thirty-six bodies were counted in
front of the race track Monday morn
ing, having been killed by the artil-
lery fire from American guns on the
river bank Many more bodies were
reported in the weeds and wheat
fields on the east side of town. Burial
dead from the two days battle and
the eXpeditionary assault. Many
villa wounded were also found in the
agricultural college.
Artillery Work Fine.
The work of the artillery patatallon
of the Eighty-second field artillery,
under Lieut. Col Henry l.. Newbold,
was warmly praised in the official re-
port of the operations of the cavalry
brigade, to which the batta ion was
attached. Direct hits on the fleeing
Villa column were made and twenty
five horses and four Villa rebels were
seen to fall after the shrapne shells
from the artillery struck in the dust
cloud directly over the rebels The
difficulties encountered by the artil-
lery were the worst possible. Irriga-
ton bitches and soft ground had to
be crossed and the artillery pieces had
to keep up with the cavalry opera
tions. This was said to have been the
first time American artillery has been
used in Mexico since the war of 1S4S,
as none was used during the Pershing
punitive expedition.
One American Killed.
One American soldier was killed
and ten WOunueu during lHb IlBntlHS
, in Juarez and the expedition to Mex
leo from the United States subsequent
to the battle, according to official
reports prepared at military head
quarters today. The dead was Private
Sam Tusco, Eighty-second artillery
| The wounded included in the casualty
report were:
! Sergeant Peter Chigas, Troop l.
! Seventh cavalry: Private Burchard F.
| Casey, headquarters company Eighty
second field artillery; Private Arthur
| A. Lindberk, Troop F.; Private Alfonso
Diore, Troop NJ, and Corporal Lewis
| f. Armstrong machine gun troop OF
the Seventh cavalry; Corporal Alfred
| Friedman, Company ID, Nineteenth
I infantry; Corporal Edward c. Reilly
motor transport company 401; Ser
/ geant w. Buckles, Company A, Ninth
engineers mountedi Private Calvin
! Love, Company G, and Corporal Ear
o. Smith, Company A of the Twenty
fourth infantry.