Show OHEY 11 HERB 5 FIGHT OFFICER SUPPOSED TO HAVE AVE BEEN lift DEAD ON FIELD REACHES AMERICAN LINES mexicans mexican fired he says when amer loans loan fearing ambush advanced in battle formation after being warn warned ed not to enter town san antonio texas lett left to lit dit of 0 loss loaa of hood blood and thirst two miles from the scene ot of tho the encounter between mexican and kne american rican troops at carrizal Carrl Carr zal izat capt lewis lawis sydney morey of 0 the tenth cavalry hati has made hta his way back sate safe to the american lines A letter from captain more morey writ ten white while hiding in a hole near tho the scene of the tight fight at carrizal Carrl zal after his men had been broken and scattered by the mexican for force c 0 was r received by general funston t through hr gl general sunday night in that letter captain morey had described bow fearing an ambush tho the american troopers capt charles T boyd commanding had bad advanced in battle formation on tho mexicans who had como come out from carrizal Carrl zal du during ring a parley over permission I 1 for or the americana to pass through the town how the mexicans had opened fire and how the remaining americans americana atter after their first advance and been forced to retreat and scatter each tor for himself captain mareya letter told of the joining of C troop under captain doyd boyd und and K troop under his own command at ojo santo domingo june 20 and tho the advance together toward carrizal Carrl zal june 21 they arrived in an open held field a mile from carrizal Carrl zal at in the morning there they halted and captain boyd sent a courier into carrizal asking ashing permission of general volts gomez to enter tile the town saying he was going to villa ahumada go replied that lie he would not be allowed to enter the town but m might light make a detour around it fearing that they were wera about to be trapped by the mexicans who had aa billed out train from the town during the parley the american troops deployed in battle formation mounted and forward the mexicans then opened dire are captain doyd boyd ordered his big men to dismount and returned tho the fire the engagement lasting about an hour doth both C and IC troops advanced the former cornier to the position occupied by a mexican machine gun and the latter closing ln to ono one side IC troop also was attacked front from the raa flank while a detachment of mexicans iram tile the town r reached ele hed ille the reap of tile the am american rl 11 line no and stampeded the led horses the mexicans succeeded in checking the american advance and the americans first were forced to fall back and finally to scatter each cach for himself |