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Show 'WX DRFfTft? FIDF II ADF7 I loUKKLL I Ho FmC JUAKLZ., . Eh PASO, May O.r-"Whnt jvns perhaps he. fierjQst,, battle pX the revolution was fought at Juarez, across the Rio (Grande. bit without result. Tonight both federals and insurgents are resting on their arms ready to resume the fighting at daybreak. At least five people have been killed on the American side of the line since the skirmishing began .yesterday and about fifteen wounded, while the loss on the battlefield is variously estimated at from 30 to 60 dead on both sides and about 75 to 100 wounded. Fifteen Fif-teen of the insurrecto wounded already have been brought to the American side, but more are believed to be lying far within the town. General Navarro at 7 o'clock tonight agreed to stop the firing while the insurrecto wounded were being removed. The federals have adequate medical facilities and are caring for their wounded within the town. All day long the battle raged,, with the insurrcctos swarming through the streots of Juarez and meeting the heavy fire of the federals fed-erals with equall1" vigorous volleys of musketry. The strength of the federnl position is largely due' to the fact that the rebels are scattered. If the robels weie lined up in battle formation they probably could storm the federal strongholds, as thev apparently consist con-sist of just six places the barracks, the church, the theater, the school house, a hotel and the custom house. But the insurrcctos suspect, and not without some degree of certainty, that a detachmont of nearly 300 federals with a machine gun is concealed somewhere some-where in town unknown to them, and they are hesitating to move in close formation for fear of a lear or flank attack. The rebels have forced the fighting today In the face of the deadly fire of the federal machine guns. They dnrc not gather in too great numbers for an attack on the federals beoause the artillerymen of General Navarro many times today demonstrated the accuracy accu-racy of their range when they shelled adobe houses behind which the insur-rectos insur-rectos had sought protection a half-mile half-mile from Juarez while skulking along the river front. General Navarro also Is said to aavc laid mines under most of the houses In Juarez, and when ho gets word of an insurrecto gathering he is believed to be ablo to inflict a terrible slaughter of- them. Many Feats of Bravery. Many feats of bravery on the part of the Insurrectos wore plainly vlslblo from the Ajnerlcan side of the line today. to-day. An actual view of the fighting in the streets of Juarez showed the insurrectos as more than holding their own in the open. ' The sun beat fiercolv on the battlefield, battle-field, and lato In the afternoon a fire, started by the Insurrectos, filled the streets with smoke. The fire is still smouJuering tonight, the postofilco and several adjoining buildings being In ruins. The light of the fire gives the rebels an occasional glimpse of the church where the federnls are cooped up, and the cracking' of rifles Is intermittent. The town of Juarez looks as If a hurricane hur-ricane had struck IL Wires are suspended sus-pended from jagged telegraph poles and the streets are filled with plaster, adobe debris, window glass and splinters splin-ters of wood. Store signs are punctured punc-tured with holes. Terror-Strlcken Residents Under Cover. The terror-stricken residents of the town have been under cover all day. Many of them have been injured by the bullets which fell during the day, passing through thin walls and windows. win-dows. Tlie town itself Is 'qulot excrp for occasional rifle shots. Bullets continued con-tinued to sing across tho Rio Grande to the American side today, but tho casualties were fewer, owing to tne efforts of the United States troops, o have kept everybody several hundred hun-dred yards back from the river front. There verc many sorties during the battle, the rebels maneuvering about to draw the federals from their fortifications. forti-fications. The insurrecto' artillery is of little value. The revolutionists accomplished accom-plished more destruction while within Juarez by tossing dynamite bombs about wherever they thought federals were concealed. Rebel Chiefs Are Uninjured. Various reports were current during the day that rebel chiefs' as wellv as federals hnd been killed or injured For a long time it was believed that Colonel Garibaldi, grandson of the famous fa-mous Italian fighter, had been Injured, but tonight he was seen about among his men apparently unhurt. General Pascual Orozo and Colonel Villa, two rebel chiefs, are commanding tho movements of the robels who aro gatherod about the church and bull pen, where Colonel Blanco with about 300 men has tnken up a position ready to meet any Hank movements. General Madero was observing the progress of the battle from a distance. He used powerful Hold glasses and not infrequently gave shouts of exultation at the advancing Insurrectos. Ho was eager to go to the front and tnrust himself Into the battle, but his ofllcers restrained him. |
