Show morea REPORTS right OFFICER SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LEFT DEAD ON FIELD REACHES AMERICAN LINES mexicans fired he say says when amer arner lean fearing ambush advanced in battle formation after being warned not to enter town sin san antonio texas lett left to dit ot of 1098 logs of blood and th shirb irb miles from th tha u scena ot the encounter between mexican and american troops at carrizal Carrl zal capt lewis sydney morey of the tenth cavalry has made his way back safe to tho the amerle Amerl cin in lines A letter latter from captain morey writ tun ten while hiding in a hole near the scene of the fight at carrizal Carrl zal alter after hie his men had been broken and scat by the mexican force was re celled by general funston gli i general pershing Per ehing sunday night in that letter captain morey had described how tearing fearing an ambush the american troopers capt cap charles T boyd commanding had adaI Ked in battle formation on the mexicans Mex tans who had come out from carrizal Carrl zal during a parley over permission for the he ameri amerl cans to pass through the town how the mexicans had opened fire and how the remaining americans alter after their first advance and been forced to re treat and scatter each for himself captain Alo reys letter told of 0 abe e joining of C troop under captain boj a and K troop under his own command nt at ojo oja santo domingo june 20 and the tile advance together toward carrizal Carrl zal juno june 21 they arrived in an open field a mile from carrizal Carrl Carr zal izat at in tho the morning there they halted and captain bod sent a courier into car rizal asking permission of general fe lix gomez to enter the town saying ho he was going to villa ahumada gomez replied that ho he would not be al owed lowed to enter the town but might make a detour around it fearing that they nero ft about to be tripped ped by the mexicans who had Aril sallied lied out from tho the town tonn during the parley the american troops deployed in battle formation mounted and moved forward the mexicans then opened fire C captain boyd ordered his men to dismount dismou tit and I 1 the fire are the engagement lasting about aj aa hour both C and IC troops advanced the former to the position occupied by a mexican machine gun and the latter closing in to on om dide K troop also was attacked from the hank flank hile a detachment of mexican mexicans from rora ohp town reached the rear of the ameri amerl can line and stampeded the led horses the mexicans succeeded in checking tho the american advance and tl ameri amerl cans first were vero forced to fall back and finally to scatter eich etch for himself |