Show AMERICANS BATTLE I WITH VILLA HIA BAND BANI DRIVE MEXICAN REBELS FROM THE JUAREZ RACE TRACK AND TAKE MANY PRISONERS I First General Combat in Which United Unite I I States Forces Take rake Part Ends in Defeat for Followers of Mexican Bandit Chief m Ei El Paso Texas En Eaily ly Monday Monda looming June Julie J 16 IC 6 American troops am and Mexican rebel forces fortes fought their first firs general engagement at the Juarez race track rack The he Americans were victor victor- ious ous Villas Villa's rebels were dm driven en from th the therace race lace track hack by rifle and machine gun gui gunfire gunfire fire Ire and many prisoners were reported taken aken by the time cavalry which surrounded ed edthe the he race track on the east an and south south- southeast southeast east ast accor according ing to an official announcement an an- at mIlitary headquarters After the federals were allowed to retire l Into to the town Colonel colored infantry opened up with a tei ter- terrIfic ter- ter rifle fire file on oa the trenches flanking the IC race lace track They advanced in open or order er and succeeded ed In iu dislodging the Villa forces rees who held the strongest positions positions OILS as the colored troops were forced to advance across a comparatively open pen plain The first volley from the American rifles was answered shot for ir shot by the Villa troops who j PI o seem seemed J 71 J fili Ii- Ii rt It state at SU r rea- rea aJ loa ion D th D f ze they were trapp trapped in the rear and the cavalry ca infantry fantry in front stuttering American machine guns started ring from adobe houses near the race racetrack preponderance of rifle track ack and the with the American fhe re was soon forces The preliminary artillery prep prep- completed the rations having been i guns became silent as the rifles fles took up the refrain and Amen Amerl- The explosion of ll mauser auser cartridges could be plainly hear heard can In the Mills from military headquarters I building here where Gen General ral Erwin was an Interested spectator tor from hi his tenth story win window ow The American troops were ere sent Sunday the tIme border bolder at 11 o'clock stationed in position position po po- po- po J night ight artillery be being the Juarez thee race racetrack from which Villa VUla rebels were track where the quartered could be shelled with was was' being nel l. l A flanking movement the effort to prevent followed in an escape of ot the rebels |