Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-08

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= nine federalS, including one major
general. Nineteen rebels and ID
1ederals were wounded.
JPAREZ, March 8.-(P-Streets
? of Juarez were Redeemed with blood
: today as Mexican rebel forces en-
& tered this border town and fiercely
{ attacked the defending federal
troops.
The desperate fighting was in
plain view of United States troops
stationed across the Rio Grande in
) the southern part of Ell Paso, ready
y TO protect American lives and prop
! erty with machine guns and field
artillery trained on the Mexican
side.
A few stray bullets whizzed harm
lessly onto American soil. No &C
ton was taken by the American
authorities.
Unsuccessful in carrying the city
in their first assault which began
from three directions just before
dawn, the rebels reorganiZed and
Il launched q second offensive which
at 9 a. m, had given them possess
sion of five OF the seven federal
: strongholds.
FederaIS Beaten Back
The government troops were beat
Ell back toward the international
boundary.
Bodies or both federal and rebel
soldiers lay spraWled on the streets.
There were many wounded.
The attacking forces captured
the Hotel Rio Bravo, which was the
headquarters Of General Matthias
r Ramos and had been transformed
into a fortress with machine guns
mounted on the roof. 1t was here
the wounded federal soldiers were
q. cared for by Blue Cross nurses.
On the second attack rebel cav
airy charged down the principal
streets, the targets Of federal ma
chine gunners.
Losses of the rebels, whose COM
bined forces at the outset numbered
1000 men, were believed to have
been heavy.
AS the attackers mopped up the
2 town, only two federal Snipers with
machine guns were known to be
left.
q u. S. Officer Crosses
One was stationed atop the old
z battle-Scarred mission church. A
rapid ~criss-cross fire from the belfry
5 held up the rebel cavalry advance
v temporarily.
Brig. Gen. Van Horn MoSeley,
commander of the American troops
at Fort Bliss, crossed to the MeXi-
can side when stray bullets began
whistling into the United States.
He conferred with General Ramos,
the federal commander who had
retired to a locomotive standing
only about 20 feet from the inter-
national bridge. The federals were
retreating to the bridge head in
/, large numbers.
p Chaos reigned in the thickly set
tied tenement section of South Ell
Paso. Bullets flew thick and fast
across the international boundary
as rebel c~avalrymen charged down
the streets of Juarez. The entire
Mexican city for a time seemed to
be raked by the machine gun fire
Of rebel nests in the nearby noun
tains.
Machine Guns Rake Streets
The fighting was intense. Machine
gun fire raked the principal streets
of the town as three rebel machine
gun sections answered the fire
poured into the revolutionary for
ceS from federal machine gun en-
placements on high buildings and
street intersections of Juarez. Fed
eral sniperS hidden on building tops
took their toll OF the advancing
forces.
Down Commercial street, through
the sixteenth of September street,
in the heart of the business section,
the battle waged. the federals re-
treating foot by foot ahead of the .
on-coming rebe advance. Dead and |
wounded were Sparwled in groteSque
positions on the paving as the
fighting passed.
Outnumbered four to one. the
loyal troops fought desperately to
hold the city, inc Of the most i'm
portant ports Of entry in the entire |
country. The equipment used by
the rebels was said to have been as