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Show VILLA IS DEFEATED IN HRSTSKI1ISH MEXICAN BANDIT SURPRISED BY AMERICAN TROOPERS AND PUT TO FLIGHT. Wounded Bandit Escapes In Light Wagon, But Trusted Lieutenant and a Number of His Followers Arc Killed In Battle. El Pnso, Texas. Surprised by American Amer-ican soldiers, tho main body of Francisco Fran-cisco Villa's bandits was put to flight on March 20, nftor Bixty Moxlcans had been killed and four American soldiers sol-diers wounded. Tho attack of tho Villa forces was mado posslblo by an neroplnno scout who had located tho bandits. Four hundred cavalrymen from the Seventh nnd Tenth regiments, led by Colonel Georgo A. Do id, at tho end of a flfty-mllo ride, which thoy mado In surprising short time, burst upon the unsuspecting Vllllsta camp, whero COO banditB wero celebrating tho masEO-cro masEO-cro of 172 Carranzistas two days pro viously at Guorrero. Villa, shot through tho leg and, with ono hip shattered, was 'hurried from tho scono barely in tlmo to escape the onslaught of tho soldiers of tho north Tho bandits mado a brief but hope less stand beforo tho florco chargo ol Colonel Dodd and his troopers. Then thoy foroko and fled, leaving sixty dead on tho field, including their commander, com-mander, General Eliseo iHornondez Two machlno guns, a number ol horses, rifles, ammunition and eqtllp ment fell Into tho hands of tho victors. vic-tors. Among tho known wounded Is Pablo Pa-blo Lopez, Villa's lieutenant In tho Columbus Co-lumbus raid. Tho American casualties wero four privates wounded. Tho American soldiers did not linger lin-ger on tho field of victory. For five hours thoy drovo tho enemy before them Into tho wilderness of mountain peak, desert nnd canyon, whero road or oven trails aro unknown, and whero a misstep meanB death to horqo nnd rider. Thoy halted only after tho chaso had led them ten miles from tho battlefield nnd tho lugltlvct woro scattered far and wIdo In Uttli bands of half a dozen men each. Tho Bceno of Colonel Dodd's victory is a broad valley lying at the head ol tho Rio Santa Maria. On tho west rlso tho barren foothills of tho continental conti-nental divido and to tho cast is a trail, mado famous by Villa, which leads through tho Lagurin do Castilla district to tho ill-famed Santa Ysabol. It was nt tho latter placo that Villa killed eighteen American mining. men, a crime which sent a thrill of horror throughout tho United States and markod tho beginning of what many bellovo to bo tho end of his bloodstained blood-stained career. It was toward Santa Ysabel that ho was believed to be heading whon tho troopers of the United States swept down from the north upon his camp. From tho meager details which havo reached hero from Mexican and Amorlcan military sources, Colonel Dodd's mon mado tholr way unno-tlced unno-tlced through tho arroyos, or deep gulches, which split tho foothills in all directions, nnd wero almost In tho camp before tho alarm was given. Villa Is roportod to havo been in a small tent nursing hla Injuries when tho crash ot tho Amorlcan volleys awoko tho bandits to panic-stricken action. Tho extraordinary hold tho,-tandlt chief has ovor his followers Is shown by tho fact that their first thought was to Bavo him. Unablo to walk or rldo, ho was hurriedly placed In a light wagon nnd 'driven over tho rough mountain trails to somo secret lair. Aftor tho battle on tho San Goronlmo Goronl-mo rnnch, tho Amorlcan soldiers ro-leased ro-leased a largo number of General Car-ranza'B Car-ranza'B men whom tho hnndlt chief wbb holding. It is probablo that It was at tho Guorrero massacre that Villa was wounded. Staff officers horo bellovo thoro Is no doubt that Colonel Dodd's nrmy, strengthened beforo now by mon sent forward by General Pershing, hns bo-gun bo-gun a driving hunt for tho wounded bandit nnd for tho scattered romnnn( of his forco. It will bo no surpriso now to Gonoral Funston and his staff to recelvo a report at any tlmo tolliug ot Villa's capturo. News or another battlo Is not expected, howovor. Tho smart blow administered by Colqnol Dodd, it was bollovod hero, w'oiifd servo to deter Villa's mon from speedy reconcentratlon. Colonel Dodd, who led tho troopors that put, Villa's followers to night, Is described as a typical Remington cavalry cav-alry officer. Ho Is 61 years old, but doosn't show It by twenty years. Ho rides liis horso as though it woro a part of him, and Is known throughout through-out tho army for his activity In developing de-veloping cavalry horsemanship. Ho Is tho man who mado tho monkoy drill a cavalry fenturo. |