Show VILLA 16 IN F MEXICAN BANDIT SURPRISED BY AMERICAN AND PUT TO FLIGHT wounded bandit escape in light wagon but trusted lieutenant and a number of HI his follower followers are killed in battle el paso tenas surprised by american soldiers the inabin body of I 1 pran ran cisco villas via was put PIA to flight on march 2 after atty sixty mexican mexicans hart had been killed and four american soldier soldiers wounded tho the attack ot of the villa forces waa was made possible by an aeroplane scout who ho had located the bandits four hundred cavalrymen from the seventh and tenth regiments led by colonel george A D dodd dd at the end ot of a efty mile ride they made in surprising short time burat burst upon the unsuspecting Vil villitta lista camp where bandit bandits werd wera celebrating the ere of Carran two daa pro at guerrero Ou errero villa shot through the lee leg abild with one hip shattered was hurried irons the scene acene barely in time to escape the onslaught of the soldiers of aba north tho bandits made a brief but hope less stand before tho the derce charge ol 01 colonel dodd and bis his troopers then they broke and fled leaving bitty sixty dead vu e alerd 1 itic including luding their commander general fiseo hernandez mandez ille two machine guns a number ol 01 horses rifles ammunition and equipment fell into the bands hands of the victors among the known wounded Is pablo lopez villas lieutenant in the co lumbus raid mid the american casualties were ere four privates wounded the american soldiers did not lin ger on the field 0 of victory for five 1 hours they drove the enemy enem before them into the wilderness of mour mountain tain peak desert and canyon where borda or even trails are unknown and where a misstep means death to te horse and rider they haftel after the chase had led them tea mile from the battlefield and the fugi fugitive were scat terel far and wide in little bands of half a dozen men each the scene of colonel dodds vie victor or ie Is a broad valley lying at the head os 01 the rio santa maria on the west weal rise the barren foothills footh llla of the conti dental divide and to the east Is a trail made famous by villa which leads through the baguna laguna do castilla district to the ill III famed sputa ysabel it was at the latter blare that villa killed eighteen american mining men a crime which sent a thrill oc of horror throughout the united states and marked the beginning of what many believe to be the end of his blood stained career it was toward santa abel that be he was believed to be bt I 1 heading when the tho troopers of united states swept down from the north upon bis his camp from the meager details atch which have reached here from mexican anil anti american military sources colonel dodds ma mou made their way unnoticed the arroyos or deep gulches v thich split tho the foothills in all directions and were almost in the camp before the alarm was given villa is reported to have been in a email small tent nil his injuries when the crash at of the american volleys awoke the bandits to panic stricken action the extraordinary hold tho the bandit chief has over bs his followers Is shown by the fact that their first thought waa was to save him unable to walk or oride he was hurriedly placed in a light wagon and driven over the rouga trails to some secret aldr l clr after tho th battle on the san betoni fao rho ranch thi the Amer jeann soldiers released a large number of general aar banzas men whom the bandit ck diet lot was holding it is probable that it il was at th the G gw arrero massacre that villa ayilla P was wounded staff of ficera here believe there 1 ho 0 doubt that colonel bodda army strengthened strengthened before now by men nien sent forward by general pershing has beun a driving wint tor for the wounded bandit and for the scattered remnant of his force it will be no surprise now to general Flu funston and his staff to receive a report at any time of villas capture news of bf another mattle ie it not expected however the mart smart blow administered by colonel dodd it was believed here would serve to deter villas men from speedy speeds colonel dodd who led the troopers that put villas follower 14 to eight Is described ss a a typical remington cavalry caa officer he lie la Is 64 year old but sho show it by twenty years lie rides his hn horse borse as though it were a part of him and Is known through out the army for his activity in developing ve cavalry hor he lie is the man who made the monkey drill a cair cavalry Alry feature jh |