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Show J: FIERCE FIBHTING x IN 0L0 MEXICO 4 . "i "Constitutionalists and Federals Have a f Fierce Engagemefll Below Barro-t. Barro-t. leraa Saturday THE FEDERALS HAVE THE BEST OF IT The .Conflict Was the Hottest of the Whole Rebellion-Mining ( ! Town Being Damaged I Piedras Negras, Mexico, Sept. 29. More than four hundred i fedreal and rebel dead were left f on the field below Barrotaran, j. where a fierce struggle took place between the two forced Saturday and Sunday, according to reports brought to constitu- , tionalist headquarters today. Both sides retired from the .' field last night because of lack of water and ammunition, the constitutionalists falling back to Sabinas, where they dynamited the great railroad bridge cross- ing the Sabinas river to prevent another attack from the federals under General Maas. ' Eyewitnesses said desperate hand-to-hancl fighting occurred after exhaustion of the revolutionists' revolu-tionists' ammunition, and that the federals at one time were on ,j the point of fleeing from the iiJild' when thev ralied by their $ ' ' where these conflicts took place. ' Both sides agreed to a virtual armistice late Sunday to care for , the wounded. Dispatches today indicate the federals will resume the march to Sabinas after a short rest at Aura. Confirmation of the destruction of all the mining ' towns in the path of the retreat-, retreat-, ing constitutionalists was received. re-ceived. All refugees able to cross into American territory are leaving v the city today, as it is expected it will be burned if the constitu- . tionalists are defeated in further ' fighting- All of the prisoners have now arrived at the frontier : after being compelled to abandon their property. Every available space in the hospitals here is filled with wounded. Miss Augusta Dalto,p came down from Parowan the first of the week to receive some instructions instruc-tions in the millinery art from Mrs. Musser. El Paso, Texas, Mrs. Francisco Fran-cisco Villa, wife of the Chihua-. Chihua-. hua rebel leader, received a ' ' letter from her husband today, i which stated that he and his 1 rebel troops had evacuated Santa I ' Rosalia, Chiahuahua. From Santa Rosalia they intended to go to v V ' Torreon to assist the Carranzis- I b tas in an attack on the city. I General Francisco Castro's j federal column is expected to I enter Santa Rosalia in a day or two. From there it will pro- ( ceed southward to attempt to 1 4 take Jimidez, Chiahuahua, from f the rebels. J , - The purpose of the federal I campaign against the rebels in r southern Chiahuahua is to re- capture the larger towns of the . f state and to reopen railroad communication to Mexico City in order that the elections can be held in those towns the latter part of next month, Juarez officials stated today. Piedras Negras, Sept. 30. Terror has gripped this city, the ptyn'd"arcapitahof--the-Mexicif constitutionalists. The victorious victor-ious .northward march of the federals and -the arrival of hundreds of refugees from the surrounding devastated country has caused the people to fear for their lives. Obeying the instructions of the United States Consul Blocker, American residents of Piedras Negras joined the exodus and hundreds of persons crossed the international bridge into Eagle Pass this afternoon, many carrying carry-ing on their backs such of their possessions as they could assemble as-semble hurridly. Consul Blocker's warning to foreigners to quit Piedras Negras immediately was in anticipation an-ticipation of rioting shoujd the constitutionalists be forced to abandon their provisional capital. As the rebel army is being driven northward by the government troops under General Maas, the retreating insurgents are setting fire to villiages. Reports from the front tonight indicate that the federals are closing in on the town of Sabinas, from which the constitutionalists are expected ex-pected to fall fack on either Matamoras, accross the line faom Brownsville, Tex., or on Piedras Negras. United States troops are hurrying from San Antonio to reinforce the garrison at Eagle Pass. Sevenf-y-t h r e e Americans orossed the international bridge today. |