Show AM ER RI I CAN CAVAl CAVALRY Y PUR PURSUES S. S S MEX MEXICANS ICA N S r Cattle and Horse Thieves Overtaken U U. S. S Troops J Kill Five B Bandits and Recover Stolen Stock OAR p. FA Texas A April ril 2 Follow Follow Following ing a raid across the llie Rio Grande Grandc river rh-cr during a blinding hailstorm b by Mexican bandits last night troop K Eighth cavalry in command of Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Matlack overtook and killed five in of the thc bandits recovered the thc horses and cattle stolen and ret returned to the American side accor according ing to an an official official cial report received ed by y Col Q Georgo T. T horne at district headquarters 1 here late today The Thc report of the Mexicans crossing crossing crossing cross cross- ing t the c river was received at midnight last night during the most niost severe hailstorm hailstorm hailstorm hail hail- storm in the thc history of 01 the Big Bend The Thc ba bandits bandit's HS' HS were w cre rc report reported d io to h c crossed to the thc American side between and 11 1 liIa r a on on the hc river liver riverfront front They stole stoIc cattle and horses and drove e them back across the river under co cover vcr of or darkness and the storm I Troop K in command o of Captain ln Matlack Matlack Mat Mat- at lack lacIe and troop ii 1 commanded by Captain Cap tain taut Broadhead welO ordered to th the scene of tho raid raid and b by daybreak troop L had moved Into support position fro from m I Indio n d 0 I Infantry n Ca ii try d detachments o t a ch m en t s were moved mo b by wagon train and trucks over O almost Impassable roads to occupy the thc stations left vacant by the cavalry ca troops forming forming- the thc pursuit As a soon as it as was light enough h for tor tho scouts to locate the tracks of oC the raiders and stolen cattle these followed to the river rl bank banle where the they could bo ho plainly seen on tho the Mexican f side bide Cavalry troops were ordered to follow Into Mexico on the hot trail The bandits scattered and troop l K un under er Captain Matlack followed one band while Captain Broadhead commanding com corn manding tro troop p M M. M pursued purs the other They galloped over trails which were mountain like mountain paths troop K o overtaking ing the bandits and and killing five of them before thc they could hide in the canyons can can- The cavalry ca recovered reco the horses and cattle stolen after the exact Humber number Hum num ber her o of stolen animals had been verified All tho the troops returned to the Texas side without casualties Troop K rode sixty miles and troop M l still farther falther after midnight ht to overtake overtake over over- take tale the thc Mexican bandits Tho The raid was the eighth successful pursuit Into I Mexico by the Ei Eighth cavalry since It came to the Big Bend and will ill probably probably ably be Its last as the rc regiment will I lea leave vc nox next t t week for Fort Bliss BUss |