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Show ernes to rush to th ht Us field M boo th firing had begun. R. A I'acCard aad K. R. rtrtl. fa a-lwnnMn, a-lwnnMn, erosoed th tin at ths cus-inmhnuM cus-inmhnuM and drove forward to th battlefield, bat-tlefield, which they reached while th action ac-tion was atin on. forking up th Asao-etetad Asao-etetad Pmu correspondent on th way, they, with two other 4utmobltt, wr at th seen at th wna Urn. Wounded loMkn and officer wra lying on th ground and th MMbeu CATTLE IN noop Eleven Federal Soldier Are Killed and Eleven . Wounded. MANY AMERICANS WITNESS THE FIGHT Blanco Fails in Attack on Agua Prieta, Opposite Douglas, Ariz. , armr had no stretcher.- Ona soldier lar dd and with tha permission of th Mex-Irsn Mex-Irsn offtoara tha body waa taken to Ague rrtt In on automobile. Otaar American la autoaooMlao hod soma difficulty In swcurtng permission from tha Mexican officers to aaaiat oth-or oth-or wounded from tha neid. but Uve per-nlM4oa per-nlM4oa waa Anally granted. Ona wounded aoldiar, hot through tho breast, died tha wT to Agua PHota. Two American physicians war In waiting at Agua Prists to can) for tha Injured, assisted by Mexican surgeons. Follow ins thta Drat effort to ear for tha wounded on tha part of tha Americana, other automobile worn anon on tha scan and tha nwld Waa gooa els red of dead And Injured. Eleyan Dd la Bull aUsf. In oil, lvn dead faderaJa have been brought In and Lh bodies lis In' tha but) ring tonight. Tha wounded were I placed la tha harraob At Lbs headquarter headquar-ter of tha oommlm rio. Whan tha Americana attempted to r-Ilwve r-Ilwve tha wounded of their guns and heavy nartrldffe baits In order to loea-n tha burden, tha soldiers refused to flv them up. holding their gme to their breaata aj they lay on tha Cushioned anata nt tha ttiiliminMlM. Photnaraphars hsd trouhla today. A younr; man namad Hoaach, after tho battle bat-tle was pointing his kodak at a squad whan ona of tha soldiers struck him over tn head with kla bayaoat, inflicting a dfsp anah. A profeaalonal VhotosTaphar was ' ra-tlevad ra-tlevad of his out At and compelled to march to A sua Prtata under guard. Later hs recovered his property. ThlrtaeA Mexicans who wera bold snous:h to ery "Viva Madero" wera ar-rssted ar-rssted and ara atd In tha bull ring. Heveral Americana war also arras isd, but later raleaaad. i Harry Wester, forma r eaptaln of tho Artsona rangers, had been In Blanco's ramp before tha action Started, with W. lx Vaadex a M na rdar T hay ayera look1 ing for stray homes. Thsy followed tha rebels into action and wars ft red on aav-aral aav-aral times, but aacapad Injury, Americans In an automobile tnd on trance to tha camp of ner ai Blanco, who taikad with than through aa lour prstar. Us said tha rebels ami Id aneount for only ona killed and two missing, and tha 1 loss of two hoeaaa, riianro waa aepaclally I eeaar for newa raatrtl l n ih ai ton aT ' r01'ULA. Arts., Marak 11. Haven federal soldiers dead, aleren wound ad. with tha losses to tha rebels unknown Is lh result of a pat Us just sett of Agua Prieta Sunday. - Tha opposing fores war lot Insur- ; rectos under Oaneral Joss aa la Luos , H inn co, and a fedrraf furoa of 100 directed di-rected by Colonel Mora. The Imttie wss spactacuUr and was witnessed by about tuofl Americans, many of whom rushed close t tha bettlcrield hHe tlM firing was atlll at lf IwlRht. After ths smoke had elesred wnv. It was Americans In automobiles "wtto r- tha first aid to ttis wwind1 liirrtiis: t)em to Agua Prieta. whera two A'Twrirnn phvaldans wera In readlnaas to anU( the Mnnlian army surgeon a. If th'rs were sny rebels killed Or wixjnH-d, they wera taken back to tha mouniaitit hy ttmlr comrades. l ate tant ntsrht Captain Johnston ra cel.-d telephone meaxasa from Commls-nnrUt Commls-nnrUt Vanuuea statins that Blam o's Turves were aiialn advancing on Agua I'rVta. the t'nitad Htatea troopa. W hen In fo rmed that ma ny fade raj troops wera advancing toward Agua Prtata, Prta-ta, hi an ro said: "All tha better thsra will ha many more guns for us to cap I tire." rommiaelarlo Oarrla of Kt Tlgra eamn, whom iitco tofk prisoner when ha captured cap-tured that place, and who aronmpanled Hianco's forte to act as secrstary to tha general, made a s naa clonal aaoapa from the rebel ranks during the battle, by gal i loping across tha field to American soil. Ms was permitted to rsmain In tha Unltad biaiaa. According tn Captain Harry Wheeler, about ona-ihlrd of Ulanro'a foroa of lis men wera angagsd In tha battle today. Ida noo ad the sortie in person. riianro e per ted "Hed" Lopes and 1M man tn join him at nnra and It la aaid that they ara now In his ramp. This fores will Inrreaaa ftiancn'g "armr to mora than ? fisjhtlng men. Iopes himself Joined Ulsnco snd was In ths k-ad with ths squad whloh was surprised hy the federals on tha draw when ths battle beaan. cnernl Chlsna. with lot men to re port -ed moving ranldlv from Mocteiuma ta Nnroaarl tonlnht, Intsndlng o entertain there and come on to Asua Prieta while Sua troops ara eomlng from Canansa. The t'nlted States ravalrr has turttsd out and wi'l Immediately take up Itg PO-, PO-, ftitfrm on tha border. After mynflng toh tha Me a Iran of-f'-iftl and the Americana on tha border for a rek. Hlanco sudden y broke nut of the canyon lending from Certlsss ! l ti aa and e rijrac-rd t na fed era I t mope lint lad ben ruahed into A ana Prieta taf "Icht on a snectal train, under romp-end of Colonel Mora. Kipt for a few !"ie"rwra tnkrn bv t)a f filers is. tha ret C retreated In od erder. It Js under ttiat ftlancn's entire fores did not participate in the engagement. p nn -o a first move was to throw mit a ahffinih line for tha purpose of draw-I" draw-I" the funerals Into a'-tloa to aacartain iiiftir etrens'n. Lasted aa Hoar. ' - Tt Nii'f lssed an hour and It la ba. MmcI that Vt rt-treHt that f flowed was f-r it! purp va of drawing the, federal f'e rtniB Whete the main body of ; tiro a force waa stationed. The fed-e fed-e n . hnwy. r. afier a spirited pursuit. ri,i1 and return-d to Agua P tie I a, ra-f ra-f 1 1 sir to e entraoped. '1 'tree hint trcd frn-ral troops era being r n.(j f(i' n t'nane to tha relief of the At a I'rtcta r r ttmn and should reach t " e he (Uvlirttt. Itnih the Mxtcan sutbortlea and the "cri 'tu in l"it;a 'etn-d early Sun r!nv ih-tt the rcMl camp a aa only S few nine fnt of oita!n. The mntmtsins h-i I - f i f'Ht'lla stttt four relies from Aiii-a f'rlela. the ground falling , from t' -ie hi la toward tii town In a series f wa, iarac(y eovaid with light r '" i ne. There sre no rocks for pro- i'v nVock the rebels srera 1 seen "''i'l"t n.er a hofftinr-l- and prmrtrtg r 1 " 0 the draw from in luivr- Iim ' 1'Mint line, ') i Amcrh-ana hee-sn S rtteh " from f'H ' trt thm hniimlirv hv I Ikiiim 11HB. 1 'if una te Imiiwi'ii'i Hnd Wali-hltig the r i'-l r- 'wnm a-t4h fltli abases. A'i-i-r,-i,ti, itrmriH out from all dl rc o'.-. K-on Hie entire country from i-n c'istnmhoiiaa to the eaut- i omMrtti of the city was a solid rh-'MK ef lhteeets. ,. , Fa heli Een ArtTiucing. , hen It was seen tha the eehels were n-ivnn.'irn on t n loan, the rommtsaarlo r folic e tn A wis l'i (--tt. 1 .ahorio Vss-)"!. Vss-)"!. t-htitioned to t'antsln Johnston. f''"il''r!i.-r of the Third I'nlted H'Stee "t':rf nt Iouias. snd within P(ten "'ii'U h the tifii had an Honed hmtiah ti. niv and had ealt hi iMhri a perfect f-atr-l a''i!)a the line. The troopers went r- hiHv stM-vtt their htaitcM pf prevent Ins a 'i one r roeei rt g the la t erna t onal M ue ti",T either if1 Krom Afli'a Trleta a long Una Of fad-e-,l trKT eAM up mr the hare mea. , aivsnr'ia ran'ilv toward the rebel line: iiiria'Mr.s (rm tha eaat. A the for--ea weared, the federals formed S ei-ltd fighting front. When e'-ot't a half mile from the rebels, th federals rro'tehed tow and waltwt the nn-cc-t'tiic reh-is. fn the rtsht end of t he fr ieral force was the infantry of le Twerttv-aeventh regiment. On the l-fi wn.g wer the regtnsrs of tha Thlr-tef-nth infant rx. h'U in the center war Ui'i rv rri. nnlnt riintlea 7 ht fr l'-ials had baited on the gent)e sioiia of the draw ainvoet at the point v h-r the rad ruhs from Aue Prieta tnard tahullona. Only few huehes of nieenttua broke tha landscape snd the repe'-. aoajld eeallv otteerva th fed . er-V. Thev cintlniied to advance until within vads of th federal line. At thla moment the fade re la gros from thU ce and beran firing. Fired Froni STir Bora. Tha rabeis dTloyed t tha right and I ft shooting from their horse snd then d-oppiis: from their saMdle to fir from Heir kneea At the first ml ley several f leral soldiers dropraed. The a-ildlers snt iha Twentv-aeventh regiment seemed to htr the brunt of the re net fire, "be reheig ster a short encounter at c1ee range, ga'loped over tha crest of the draw, tha federate following. As th federals sopearet oa hlsh around the in-ei:r in-ei:r rents noured in a deadly fire and at t pulnt moat of tha soldiers wer shot. 1 I eutenent Van net Itnhle of th Twen- 1 tv-sevwrtih fell, ahot through ta right I sn.Hiner snd tha na hi inn. i l.teHtenaat Morales, aJen njf the Twen-j iv eeveath. dropped with -a similar wonod. - The ertaa of tHes tw mew ta t hour hi to have affected tha ran he of tho federal, fed-eral, for th troopa on tha left swung ertind. following blindly over the nnxt I r ate, whera they Wer encountered by ti "iiv rehai a( a rang pot greater than i 'i vard a. Here fell Corporal Vlagaa, hla right leg Shat tared rlnee to the hip. M'vestrot Kamlreg of tha Twent v-ser-enth waa a'ao shot throuvh th right lag irl five so ! i era were killed. Hevord iha last little rid re the rebels cmttntied to retreat towards the east. . t"e federals following aad Bring aa they advanced. Tried to Flank Babel. The ruralen deployed In the akirtnleh 1 ' rv far to ihe rsht. la an apparent a-d a-d vtr to flank the retreating rehsis. A re he! wtto had been unhorsed and ho s in hiding In the brush gave 1 f -e t W l of Blanco's Pven who had not t-. -n ejufarfaid In the tvattle cllmbad ta ! I .-r nnnd at th baa of the foot-i foot-i id here tho naming tore gai 1 tt.-k to Jotrt them. , n the r-na-Jiirmmt at least SrtA ' "i' ui lined Hie harder and had Hie j ' - n n"') and south tnateed i,f ' .t n , -a.t tf si.ot would havs rsMMul o J. n. In the early part of - .-.-i a co.irier a meaaase I vi. an consul ie to the ef- J i d u;u A sua Prieta ' 4 - - of ii.-urrvctoa, j "1 d liiaige tn; i ! 'v orders, - ! I I a |