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Show I SCENE OF A I STUBBORN I BATTLE M I 4- MEXICALT. Feb. 15. A bat- H tie between Mexican troops ' - and the Insurgents took place 4- Hl this afternoon when about thir- - n I -4- ty Mexican soldiers advanced H: -t- from the desert and took up a H J position Immediately opposite H 4- Moxlcall. Tho soldlorp fired thirty shots before tho lnsur- f H gonts repllod. Tho Insurgents 4- H 4- were scattered along tho river 4- H 4- bank on tho Mexicali sido, us- 4- M -- ing the ravines for breast H 4- works. H 4-4-4-4 -- 4T4-4- 4-444-4--T-4- H , Several wounded havo been brought H to tho International line and one man M wounded in tho head was taken to H the United States customs houso. Tho 1 American troops are massed at the H boundary line. H Hundreds of people watched tho i battle from the house tops In Calcx- H Tho fight followed an attempt on H tho part of a hundred federals to vc- H take Mexicali from the rebels. Tho H insiirgentK are still holding tho place, ' while the federals tonight aro camped Hj behind a small hill, covered with nies- qulto on the banks of Now rlvci, a ' mile sauthwoat. Rebels Reply to Federal Fire. After about fifty shots were fired by tho advancing federals, tho Insurgents Insur-gents replied, nnd from then on for a period of two hours, there was continuous con-tinuous Shooting nlong tho river bank half a mile south of the International line One njiity of. Insurgents was located with 300 feet of tho lino and Immediately opposite the American building of Colonel Devoe. at which point a large number of Americans witnessed tho engagement. This party fired irersistently at a point ncross the river where the soldiers had been sighted. Tho range was such that had tho shots been roturned, Americans might havo been hit. One federal was wounded by this party. Now rivor had boon swollen by recent re-cent rains and whon tho federals reached tho steep banks ,they hosl-tated hosl-tated and apparently decided not to cross by making their stand in tho brush on tho hank. American Socialist Leads Rebels. When the Insurgents heard the first shot fired, a party nns sent to blow up the bridge of the Inter-California railway In Mexico. This was quickly nccompllrthcd. General Berthold, the American socialist leader of tho rebels, reb-els, rode from point to point in Moxlcall Moxl-call giving orders to his men. The heaviest firing was a quarter ofi mile down tho river from the town, where the fighters wero entrenched en-trenched in tho rnvinos. The insurgents insur-gents invited tho fire from the federals fed-erals hy holding their hats up with slides to give the appearance of soldiers sol-diers lying down. At this ioInt, ono insurgent was killed and two wounded. wound-ed. The insurgents carried the Red Cross flag to the bank and placed their wounded on stretchers and car- ricd them to tho international line, j where they wero received by the Am- j erican soldiers and treated by army , surgeons ut the customs house building. build-ing. One man was dend when brought In and another dying. The fight was watched by hundreds of Americans from tho house tops of Calexlco. Tho actions of the insurgents insur-gents could easily -bo observed, but tho federals were well concealed In tho hrush. Mexican Soldiers Desert. When the shooting was at its hoight five Mexican soldiers could be seen riding olT to tho north and striking in a straight lino for tho bouudary monument. They deliberately crossed tho boundary and availed the arrival of United Stntes cavalrymen sent out. "When the soldiers arrived the Mexicans Mexi-cans threw down their anna and declared de-clared they were througn fighting and had enough. They were brought Into Calexico and aro held as prisoners. It Is snld one of the deserters acted as secretary for Governor Vaga. The city hall at Calexlco has fitted up a Red Cross hospital for the care of the wounded. The insurgents arc now said to number num-ber 800. . American Troops Actlvei. Americans owning properly In Mexicali Mex-icali early today raised American flags over their buildings. The red flag flies over tho bull ring In Mexicali and a large ivhlte Hag bearing skull nnd cross bones was raised above a building In the center of the town. "Whilo the engagement was In progress, prog-ress, United States officers with field glasses watched its progress from high towers In Calexico. A line of cavalry was thrown along Front street and artillery men were stationed station-ed at the United States customs house. Xo Americans were permitted to cross the boundary. Earlier in the day, a skirmish took place some distance south of Mexi-cail Mexi-cail In which two insurgents and one Chinaman aro reported to have been killed. The insurgents declare that Governor Vega was wounded in this fight. Tho wounded insurgent is Frank Gilbert, IS years old, whose parents reside at Alhambra, near Los Angeles. He went to Lower California Califor-nia several months ago, where he joined the Insurgent:). MaderO's Brother Talks. XEW YORK, Fob. 15. Tho reappearance reap-pearance of Francisco I. Madero, pro- ' visional Insurrecto president of Moxi-ico, Moxi-ico, today. In tho little border town of Guadolupc brougnt acknowledgement acknowledge-ment bore tonight from bis brother, Gustavo A- Madero, mat tho rebel chief has been hiding ju American territory. ter-ritory. "My brother has been part of the time In El Paso," said Gustavo Ma- , dero. "I cannot at this time account ' for his movements," he continued, "hut it Is true that he is now at Guadelupe aud bin appearance there is a sure sign that he feels the situation is shaping itself to his desires. A board j of strategy had been formed nnd he I wlU share in its deliberations, al- j though it is not yet planned that he should take tho field in person. "We do not know his ability as a military j leader; he does uot know that himself him-self I oo |