New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
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resistance is anticipated from the
Villa forces, General Erwin said.
The crossing Of the troops came
soon after woman had been killed
in FL Paso by stray bullet from the
Mexican side. Two men and a Mexi-
can girl were wounded here early in
the night and two United States sol
diers were hit during the day Bullets
struck many downtown buildings in Ell
Paso.
After the soldiers, Corporal Edward
Reilly, of a motor transport company,
and Corporal Earl Smith, of the oath
Infantry, were shot, General Erwin or
dered the port closed, and the Ameri-
can military took over the interna-
tional bridge. No one thereafter was
permitted to cross to Juarez without a
military pass. An additional battalion
and two companies of the 10th In
fantry, one battalion of which is now
here, has been ordered to entran at
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JUAREZ, Mexico, June 15.-The
Villa-Angeles forces, which fought
their way into Juarez last night only
to be driven out again by the Federals,
renewed the attack at $40 o'clock this
afternoon and reentered the town.
At o'clock the rifle firing was
night. Federal troops charged the
rebels, who were advancing down Gale
Concrete, the principal business street,
and forced them back.
Colonel j. Gonzales Escobar, the
garrison commander, was wounded five
times and hurried to Ell Paso for treat
ment.
Tonight the fight swung to the
south and was in progress around the
abandoned Juarez Agricultural College,
where Villa had collected seventy of
his wounded.
AS the Federals apparently were not
expecting an attack before dark. the
outer line of trenches was thinly
manned when the afternoon fighting
began and the Federals withdrew to
the town proper, carrying their machine
guns and boxes of ammunition with
them
Reinforcements Hurried Up
Reinforcements were hurried from
the flats to the west of the town,
where no military activity had yet oc-
CURED, and down the steep hill from
Fort Hiladgo, to engage the advancing
enemy.
In the darkness last night the Villa
troops looted number of stores and
houses
The Federals claim to have the
bodies of $50 Villa dead in their pos
session and to have taken sixty pris-
oners, of whom ten are wounded.
Rumors persisted to-day that many
of the captured Villistas had been shot,
| but only two executions were verified
by The Associated Press correspondent.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, June 10
Major General De Rosey Cabell, COM
mander of the Southern Department,
U. S. A., is on his way to FL Paso, it
became known here tonight. 1t is as
sumed his journey is in connection with
the Villa attack on Juarez.
WASHINGTON, June 15,-The State
and War Departments have taken "all
necessary steps" regarding the situa-
tion at JuareZ. it was said here to-
night following receipt of a dispatch
from Ell Paso giving details of Villas
Sunday midnight attack and repulse,
in which number of stray shots
struck on the American side, causing
casualties.
The dispatch reporting the opening
fighting said:
"Villa forces, entering from the
east attacked Juarez this morning at
1890. Two hours later they occu-
pied the larger portion of the town.
the Carranzistas retiring to Fort
Hdalgo, a high point half a mile
southwest of the city.
cat a. m. the Carranzistas re-
captured the town and drove the Viii
lstas back to point east Of Juarez.
The casualties are said to be not
great. No Americans or other for
eigners are known to have been in
1ured on the Mexican side Many
Chinese have taken refuge at the
American emigration station here
Mexican police and emigration Off
Gals came to Ell Paso to-day.
Several stray shots struck on the
American side, causing few casu-
alties."
The State Department withheld in
formation as to what steps had beer
taken, but it is assumed that Presi
dent. Carranza was warned of the con
sequences if he failed to restric
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