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Show HSOLDSERS HOPE y TO FIND RELIEF ....I fl&attered Remnant of Federal Army Struggling on Toward To-ward Chihuahua City. 'Jltl Kl 1 -7 -II , , 3?eMIh 'A oundrri. In. kin.- j.r. . ; siorib-- an: lf' o, -; . rnmenl sol "Mm6 ho. for two day (outbi to r. Jt?'n Juarez for Huerta. contii -. wn-ro they nope to rind Mn Wlef In Mir f.-d. rai garrison llL l nd in Juarez today C.n.ral Vi'm jtontinueu preparation- begun last yght to move against hibuahua " Bji'fh even now may be in possession 19 jW const itutlona lis umh-r li.'ii'Til ''iiiel cii . - know n to .. ;r 'h'1 Kinitx of tb- Hpii.l Bl the fighting south of Juarez, b - ! jj0-m!P' a,10,her day Umm the w.ly KJ5fB5,CaVll'"i' "r ""' rt-beU '.sill -JjHp11 to rest, while he gathers In tfW pfctnA.ms for nil rusa down the ra'I-JB ra'I-JB " ' k upon thlhuahuii. KtL successful will i.- 1 1 i?'llll.lifc;U complete possession ol RJJ' l and will drive the f- I : I northern Mexico states Soldlere today in Juarez tell harrowing har-rowing stories of the two dayn' bat tie against the federals, and in the telling there Is lost no opportunity to extol the bravery of both rebel and federal commanders It was last Saturday night, they say, that their first knowledge of the purposed pur-posed federal attack was received, and General Villa rushed his main body of troops south, spread them in a great half moon to guard all approach oh to Juarez. There they stayed tin til .Monday afternoon with only an occasional oc-casional brush between skirmish parties par-ties to rellee the strain of the expectant ex-pectant watch. Then came the federals, who from a distance of about five miles detrained, de-trained, unloaded their field artillery and began the attack Desultory firing, fir-ing, they say, continued until after dark; until the moment when Villa j consummated his strategy of leang his camp stealthily to creep upon the federal main column, and to be re inforced below Tierrnblanca by troops from hl6 left and right wings Suddenly out of the darkness came the challenge, sounds of shots cries of surprise, and the fiercest engagement of the revolution was on. almost hand to hand conflict General Villa, directly di-rectly with his troopers, wa6 unable, it Is said, to direct their activities until un-til the first shock of the surprise of the contact was over. The main bodv of rebels, travemlng a direct line to the south, had arrived at the des Ignated point of meeting Ju3t a few-minutes few-minutes before the flank reinforce-; reinforce-; ments appeared Hearing the sound of conflict, the ' troopers from left and right wing I obeed the adalente redoblado" cry oi their leaders, and hastened Into the tight The cavalry was ordered I to make flank charges upon the enemy, ene-my, both left and right and the Infantry In-fantry ran to the aid of the mam column, threw their weight into the scale ol battle, and turned what might have been a federal victory into an utter rout. , Outnumbered and overpowered the beleaguered government troops with drew in disorder, say the rebe's. to their trains which were hastily backed I doAii the track. But closely pursued i by caalry from V illa's force?, one group of federals were unable to en- train before the enemy then surround ed the trains and made the Federal' I prisoners. i In such a manner was the story of j the most crucial moment of the two days' fighting told, aud the tale of the , gallant defense made by the federal general. Garaveo, at Samalayuca. the I following day. was second only in in terest. The loss of the entire bat tie was said jo have occurred Mon day night in the battle at close range white the casualties of other engagements engage-ments were exceedingly light with the . (i eptlon of the fight made by lose Vnei Salazar to penetrate the robe1 line west of Juarez Tuesday night, and Wednesday morning. Salani stood his ground and led the fight un nl wounded seriously and his struggle strug-gle was against desperate odds, with hK- men completely surrounded by the rebels, who had orders to capture as many of them alive as possible. No sion of Tuesday's share of the battle was as thrilling as those of the first day's engagements. After that finx day. say the rebel hupporters. the fighting became a business under the cool direction of Villa who seemed to oe at an points ui mo iuwhihuii battle line. Then it was a matter id drliug the harassed federals back. Coot b foot until finally under cover of dark, they broke and ran in dlsor der. many companies unofficered. seeking shelter where they could. Philadelphia. Nov -i" With elgb hundred marines and a full crew on board the transport Prairie left the Philadelphia navy yard at 1 o'clock today for southern waters The transport carr'es stores and ammunition ammun-ition for a three-months cruise. The marines are commanded by Colonel .1 Le Jeune. The colonel and of-riciaifl of-riciaifl of the Phlladelph'a navy ard Mid before the. Prairie, sailed that the orders received name Pensacola. I I.. , as the objective point of the trip. It has been rumored at the OUrj yard, however, that these order or-der mav be changed by wireless i ir..kl.,9l,,n ofur I lif leieprapn irum H.iruiu6iuu 1 rairie passes out to sea. The holiday feeling prevailed at the raw yard today aud marines and some of the crew of the Prairie played play-ed football before the transport sailed. sail-ed. The transport was given a noisy send-off by the sailors and marines of the resene fleet now stationed at the yard. |