Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-11-26 | Page 1 | Chihuahua Foothold is Won by Villistas

C A AO O Is I W wo N Bi Y S T A AI I Desperate Assault t 0 of Bandits Is Js F Followed ollow d j br by Hand to o Hand i Righting in jn the Streets 1 i oU r to 10 yrs I I L L' L PASO Texas Texas- Nov 25 de desperate assault on S' S Chii Chi- Chi ua ua i City today Pancho Villa led ed a foothold in ip the capital uti hand to to hand fighting was vas progress in the streets Unit United d la tat s a department lent agents learned late a. a The last message that m mV V the th wire re to the border stated that II sta ta forces had entered one of I cIty Ity Late this thi ev ning no further o nation as to the tire outcome of the for for possession of trie Uie city had II C pd jd d the border tt t twice Ov St States Stales Je official ofiS-ial quarters ers 5 it is' is b t im improbable improbable- e. e had t. l ut l L ti ch l r f guere red early today early today ay because because- duel durI dur due l I two days' days fighting 1 n assault then ngn t tei d the situation the ter ir Ph l 1 w way y lines were not v red I ll II tUMORS UNFOUNDED I till sti of rumors were I I 0 I toni tonight ht that the Chihuahua t C City and that ii no had isid been routed but United I Ste's Stes tes department agents stated there ri tie foundation for these thes rumors rJ T l e presence of corn com dad el by Sylvester Queve Quevedo o. o el h- h 7 niles iles south of or the be American ri com I b bor rr r- r lt r it 1 the thc Chihuahua Juarez City rail rall- i ine ne caused General Gonzales antler at Juarez to order r ta troops to guar guard 1 the bridge ew ew W miles outside Juarez Attempts i get et t of to O Gen Cen- n- n I wE were rp ab d Jle fr today taday a Ignited States govern govern- i nt f official t transmuting transmitting reports to lo Washington said saul i i 1 oi today I General Treno Tre- Tre no JO beet beer all able i to repel eV every ry asIf as as- If o of the bandits upon Chihuahua l 7 In Only a few instances had the be been n able tel to- get any d distance tance city J Hach ch time they were wre reed Iced Oll out out- OLDS PORTION OF TOWN put ut we wC have hav authentic Information KVilla had succeeded in foto oto o a portion of the thet town and had haden gen en holding it t for hours tary wire wire- failed Whether he lias hai ha able 1 to maintain his ground is is question U I cr officials 4 01 01 five fire h departments t report reports f for hEl United States s U jun neat nt ed t at t i il of the defenders ef n ers began to i this thu morning Until today I e 3 said Villas Villa's movements 1 that he had l' l the dAhe the city a 1 Is effort was wa to force Corce ther the j I r garrison On ta to expand nd as I Soli ammu as possible before 1 I tile lie real assault I precautions were o observed arz tu ht by Jy el al Getter 1 Gonzales tf port rt-port ort of af the ne nearness 1 Quevedo of and an- an on page J. J 4 4 CHIHUAHUA FOOTHOLD Continued from page 1 1 other smaller body of bandits twenty- twenty five miles southeast Villa has cut off oft the entire water supply of Chihuahua City by severing the aqueduct leading to the capital ac according according according ac- ac cording t to a report obtained by United States department agents here tonight The Aqueduct conveys conveys' conveys the water supply supply supply sup sup- ply of of th the city from a reservoir several miles away Such action would cause suffering Buttering among the civilian population Immediately men familiar with the situation declared toni tonight ht