The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-17
AMERICAN TROOPS ENTER
MEXICO IN PURSUIT OF VILLA
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stop the indiscriminatlve firing across
the border fought their first general
engagement with the Mexican rebel
forces of Francisco villa at the Juarez
race track shortly after o'clock this
morning and the Americans We're vie
torious.
Villa troops We're driven back with
rifle and machine gun fire and many
prisoners were reported taken by the
United States cavalry, which surround
ed the track ON the east and southeast
according to official report at military
headquarters,
Mexican rebel and federal troops
fought i'm the streets OF Juarez Satur'
day night and Sunday night, many on
both sides being killed, Many bullets
from the rebel guns came across the
Rio Grande and two persons We're Killed
and seven wounded on the American
side.
When the Mexican bullets became
too thick for the safety of citizens OF
III Paso, Brig. Gen. j. Il. Erwin at ii
o'clock last night ordered American
troops across the border, and In 10
minutes, after the order was issued,
3 600 United States soldiers We're in
Mexico. The first troops to cross the
border were the Fourth battalion OF
the 2ith infantry, tcolored, battalion
Of the send artillery, and the Fifth and
Seventh cavalry.
American Negroes Take Trenches
After the Mexican federals We're al
lowed to retire into the town, Colonel
Iladsell's coored infantry opened up
with terrific rifle fire on the trench
es flanking the racetrack. They adj
vanced in open order and succeeded in
dislodging the Villa forces. who held
troops were forced to advance across
troops weer forced to advance across
comparatively open plain.
The first volleys from the riflemen
were answered, shot for shot, by the
Villa troops, who seemed to realize
they were trapped by the cavalry in
the rear and the infantry in front.
American machine guns started
sputtering from the adobe houses near
the racetracll and the preponderance
of rifle fire was soon with the Ameri-
y
preparation having been completed, the
shrapnel guns became silent as the
rifles took up the refrain. The eXplo-
sion of Mauser and American cart
ridges could be plainly distinguished
from military headquarters in the Mills
building in FL Paso whore General Err
win was an Interested spectator from
his tenth.story window.
American Cavalry Engaged
As the American cavalry maneuvered
over the Juarcz plain their positions
were marked by green rocket flares
and were answered by similar star
shells from top Of the Mills buildin.
At 2:3O o'clock the rifle firing had
died down, indicating that the Villa
forces We're defeated and were being
driven into the hills or pursued by the
United States cavalry.
The American artillery was station.
ed in position from which the Juarez
race track, where the Villa rebels were
quartered, could be shelled with shrap-
mel. a thanking movement was begun
in an effort to prevent the escape Of
The rebels.
In announcing his action in ordering
into Juarez. General Erwin
said he had done 50 to prevent the in
discriminate firing into El Paso by
rebel soldiers, endangering the lives
of Americans. He said it was not an
invasion into Mexico.
An American soldier shot and killed
and a Mexican sniper who fired on
at an intersection of Ninth and stan
ton streets at 1870 this morning. or
dcrs have been given for the Ameri-
can soldiers to shoot all snipers. A
woman and another Mexican who were
on the roof with The snipers were cap
tured.