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Show H THE VICTORY OF THE H AMERICANS. B Secretary oC War Baker exclaimed, H when he received the news from H Guerrero: H "This is glorious only four Amer- H leans wounded!" H We join, with the secretary in laud- H Ing the victory of the American cav- B airy under Colonel Dodd. To us it B was unexpectedly glorious, as we did K not think the American forces would B oor como in contact with the men H under Villa who raided Columbus H The victory for the handlt chief B near Guerrero In which 174 Carranzls- H las were massacred, gave the maraud- B ers an inflated notion of their B strength, and they detied fate. They B tarried to celebrate, and like the B Hessians nt Trenton, were caught In , H heir orgies. B bandit in old Mexico must have a B more wholesome respect for Amerl- B cans- They have been very much B ln need of an exhlbltioncoC American B courage and soldiery efficiency. They H had been shooting at each other for H three years and had gained the opin- B Ion that, man for man, they were H more than a match for the Gringoes, Hj whose peaceful ways had been mis- H understood and accepted as coward- B Ice. Colonel Dodd has extracted that B notion in a most drastic manner His H troops have opened the eyes of all B Mexico to the fact that, once aroused, H the American people are swift In ret- m rlbution, capable of inflicting a i scourge of mighty proportions and H are not lacking in any of the ele- H inents of greatness. H There were 500 VilliBtas and 400 Americans. On a battlefield of their B own se-lectlon, the Mexicans should i have held the Americans. With a cas- H ualty list of only four wounded, It is B evident the bandits Were routed at B the first volley and did not stop in H "their retreat until they had broken i up in to small bands and had reached m the sheltering pover of cliffs and can- B yons beyond the Teach of the Spring- j field rifles. Hj v Villa, if he is capable of regret, l must reprove himself for having stir- B red up the American nation. |