Show CROSS CHOS 6 THE mm BORDER AMERICAN TROOPS ENTER MEX ICO AND PUT END TO BATTLE BETWEEN federals are accused of bellber deliberately abely turning their fire into an american town when they were wera sure of being defeated agua prieta during a battle which lasted all afternoon and resulted ja in the capturing of this city by rebels commanded by red lopez american troops crossed tuo the border on thursday and induced surrender the action was taken after ono one man had been killed and several wounded in douglas arizona and the continued firing was endangering tho the lives of americans on united states territory agua prieta Is the terminal of the Naco Nac orazi railroad into sonora and Is tho most important point on tho the border between el paso and the pacific ocean lopea captured the Nac orazi train on its southbound trip wednesday and held it near fronteras until thursday when with his troops aboard numbering ne ran it back to agua prieta scarcely had the rebels trained detrained de when the firing began the rebels deployed their firing line up and down the Nac orazi railroad tracks from the agua prieta station to the american custom house with thel the opening of the battle there was a road mad rush of americans from douglas toward tho the international line the greater number massing at the custom house the americans watched the battle some isomer of the spectators standing coolly within twenty feet of mexican insurgents and federals while they were engaged in death grapple the two forces engaged in a hand to hand conflict there being a heavy loss before the insurgents captured the town it Is claimed by many that just before the federals blew up the cuartel quartel cu artel before deserting the town they elevated their guns and swept douglas with a volley at captain J E gaujot of troop K first cavalry U S A learned ot of the attack on agua prieta and soon his command or oi forty troops troop ets era dashed down to tho the international line from the city park headquarters between tho the custom house and them the first monument the federal bullets and those from the rebel rifles farthest south peeked pecked and dusted the desert into this rode the united states cavalry deploying along the line the fede federals upon leaving the town retreated toward the americans and wore were disarmed by the american troop when the town had been surrendered to tho the insurgents the federals were escorted to the american lines and placed in charge pt of the captain the rebels hoisted their flag of victory and lopez immediately took command of the town closing the saloons Four fourteen toen americans ought fought with wit lithe the Insurrect os albert edwards of roanoke va was killed he jointed the rebel land band two weeks ago mexican Ale girls and american women aro caring for or the wounded into the red cross hospital twenty two dead and wounded were carried an automobile brought out of agua prieta ono one woman who had bad been shot in tho head the tha wounded co counting tinting americans number about sixty |