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Show First General Combat in Which U. S. Forces Take Part Ends in Full ! Flight of the Villistas. ) Many Prisoners Reported Report-ed Captured; Machine I Guns and Cavalry Assume As-sume Prominent Part. EL PASO, June Hi. C3 a. mi- i American troops and Mexican rebel forces fought their firs. , i-,..-,-.-: i gagement at the hi"- shortly after 2 o 'clock this morning. ! The Americans were vicionoui.. ' Villa's rebels were driven from I ho ' race track by ritle and machine gun fire and many prisoners were reported : taken by the cavalry which surrounded tho race track ou the east aud south- ' east, according to an official an- ' nouncce-""' at military headquarters early today. After .ne federals were allowed "iu , retire into tho town, Colonel Iiadsell's colored infantry opened up with a terrific ter-rific rifle fire on tho trenches flanking flank-ing the race track. YANKEES DISLODGE VILLESTA SOLDIERS. They advanced in open order and succeeded iu dislodging tho Villa forces who held the strongest positions posi-tions as tho colored troops were forced to advance across a comparatively open plain. Tho first volley from tho American rifles was auswered, shot for shot, by the Villa troops, who seemed to realizo they were trapped by the cavalry in the rear and the infantry in-fantry in front. American machine guns started stuttering stut-tering from adobe houses near the race track and the preponderance of rifle fire was soon with the American forces. Tiie preliminary artillery preparations prep-arations having been completed, the shrapnel guns became silent as tho rifles took up the refrain. The explosion of niauscr and Amer ican cartridges could be plainly heard from military headquarters in the Mills building here, where General En in was an interested spectator from his tenth slorv window. REBELS ARE FOLLOWED BY U. S. TROOPS. As the American cavalry maneuvered over the Juarr-z plain their posit ion a were marked by green rocket flares aiKl were answered by similar star shells from the top of the Mills building. build-ing. At 2:30 the rifle firing had dio4 down, indicating (he Villa forces wcrft defeated and were being driven int the hills or pursued by the U. -S. cavalry. cav-alry. The American troops were cent across the border at 11 o'clock last nihL, artillery being stationed in po- sition from v-hich t he Jua res race track, where the Villa rebels v.cro quartered, could be siielled wil h shrapnel. A flan Ling movement was being followed in an effort to prevent the escape of j the rebels. ; i TWO AMERICANS !! ON TEXAS SIDE OF BOUNDARY KILLED EL PASO, Tex., June 16. An Ainer- ienn soldier shot and killed a Mexican j sniper who fired on him from the lop j 'f an adobe hou.-.e at tho intersection r'f Ninth and fStynfon streets at 1:30 ! (Continued ou Pase 'Z, C3ST?n K 1 " iYAKKS VICTORS IN I FIGHT NEAR JUAREZ i (CcrtuiucJ f;om Fape One.) ;'!: tm.rrfu-, Ord- r- have been ivoa j I t or the Aucrhu.n ,dd'.crs to shoot all ; : "uinct s. A v. ouiuii and another Mr v.- i c;in w ! o crc on the root' w the i oiii'iTM Wire cii'lurp'l. ' Private I'm rr h.i rd i'im-v, l'ih1 ar: il-' il-' lrry, u.is J-.oi ;hrti'.:;h t!;r chr : I'ri-1 I'ri-1 :ttr Aliicl I'riciiimwi, of the lh ln-j ln-j thint ry. a us hot ia t ho Ire. :t"l cr-:; cr-:; "inf U. M. lhivklcs, v( !.o Ninth . n-jn-cis i.iv s'ruck in thr tluc.li by nirur' leullcts pih.r (o the crosiue; of ,rlic Amrticin troops. This i:trrr:i5r- ;M.c e;isu;.!' ocur-iu:; on thr Amrrican ihe to two l.Wlcl ,-tiul M-rn u-oundtul. pcd nt ,m w c-e n -uie.i fro?n t he ; root s of huihl.ii;;. wcrr ordered to i 1 ''i p off I !n' M'rc. is runnin,: to thr i mmt :nid prc iiitcd from ronrc'afni: Ml oI(,.! ,v. 1 hot fn r tim. tlnou.;h thr Imdy, jwtuik ii-oui loss of ! !ood and lus face i..;n, w i h .iusi, t'oloii'd .1. tiim-niri i'M-ot-jr iodc across the i n : cvnn t ionii 1 hi -. I ;e st: 7 ;"', t enih . mi !n: rd t he n;oi le.in i-oiuni.nidcr. u n 11 ftoill - j his saddle in a faint. Colonel Escobar was wounded while leading a cavalry charge down Calle Comercio tonight which resulted in driving the Villa forces from the business district, repeating re-peating hi3 coup of the early morning morn-ing battle. Colonel Escobar was show n every military courtesy and hurried to the Sisters' hospital for treatment. .American troops crossed to Mexico tonight to stop Villa's rebels from firing further shots into EI Paso. This was the declaration of Brigadier General Gen-eral James B. Erwin to the Associated Press immediately after issuing the order or-der for the crossing. The 24th infantry, fourth battalion, crossed the international border to 1 Juarez at 11 o'clock tonight. The fifth and seventh cavalry regiments crossed at three fords east of El Faso. A battaiion of the S2nd artillery crossed east of the stockyards. There were approximately 3600 American troops oil Mexican soil ten minutes after they were ordered to make the crossing. General Erwin 's official statement, issued to the Associated Press, stating the cause for the crossing of the American Amer-ican troops, said: " Upon the affidavits of thre reputable repu-table citirten of K! Paso that the Vil-listas Vil-listas fired into El Paso, upon the investigation of the wounding of the Mexican girl i in El ' Psso showing sho wns wounded by a shot fired by Yiii'.stas. and upon inve-;igatio!i by he dis-rict inspector of these head-.j'u.rters head-.j'u.rters and two officers of the pe.u-c for.-.' of El Faso, it was shown that shots u.ndoubte I'y coming from the direction di-rection cf the Villista forces had been fired into El Taso. Further, because o-f the wounding of several innocent and lawabijiug persons residing in El Paso and the wounding of two United States soldiers sol-diers in the discharge of their duty, all of this on June 14 and 13, therefore, under the authority given mo tn telegrams front headquarters cf th.e southern department June 12. It'll1. I ordered troops of my command to cross the border and disperse th.e Villistas. Put. upon no account, were they to undertake an invasion into Mexico. "As soon as I have accomplished this and have assured the safety of the ' ci-i.-cn-- of El Pr.so, then the troops of I my command will be withdrawn to the American side of the border.'' |