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Show CONFLICTING ARE BATTLE STORIES Fl Paso. Texas. Jan. 6. An official report of the battle of Jimenez was I received here todav by Carranza Consul Con-sul Bravo from General Francisco 1 Murgufa. (Oinmander of the northeastern northeast-ern military zone. The despatch was dated "military headquarters, Jimenez, Chihuahua, January 5th," and reads in translation as follows 'My advance guards came In con .tact with those of the enemy and a general engagement followed coxering a field of more than eight kilometers. The enemy divided into three columns and staried the attach with Its left flank divided inlo three columns and staried Ihe attack with its left flank I consist in,: of about 1,000 men. P.e I cause of Ihe rapidity of this movement and my opposing column, in command of Colonel Salinas, being greatly re. duced in numbers, I sent my staff to attack the enemy's right flank "This movement enabled us to establish a firing base and also served to check the enemy long enough to permit olonel Salinas' cavalry lo oe reinforced h the lourth brigade un der the command of General Pablo Gonzales, the cavalry forces of t; n-eral n-eral Carlos O.una and Colonel Klphi dio Rodriguez We compelled the ene. my after a severe encounter to l e-tire e-tire to its base. on the Mesa, where (he Villa forces were driven off by the Eighth Corps. The pursuit of the enemy was then taken up by ihe i ,u airy "While th:s phase of the battle was in progress, the enemy with more than 1,600 men, charged with force against the Infantry lines located alon the railroad. This movement was directed in person by Francisco Villa We repulsed re-pulsed the Villa columns and the at lacks of their cavalry were overcome and the cavalry driven back." Fl Paso, Texas. .Ian. 6.- Villa partisans par-tisans here claim the hatle al :im-enez :im-enez resulted in a Villa and not a Carranza victory. Governmsnl agents also claim to have the same informa-t informa-t ion. |