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Show EXPEDITIONS INTO NORTHERN EXP EL PASO. Texas, Aug. 24 The United States military expedition which was ordered today to withdraw from Mexico after pursuing Mexican bandits since last Tuesday, penetrit-ed penetrit-ed farther Into Mexican territory than any since the punitive expedition which was sent across the border under un-der Genera John J. Pershing on March 15, 19Hi. in pursuit of Fran Cisco Villa's bandit band. That expedition, which followed the Villa raid on Columbus, N. M., in which seventeen persons were killed, was composed of 4,000 men who marched more than 2oO miles into thi territory of the southern republic. 5i oral clashes between United States troops and Villa followers resulted With the Villa bands dispersed, the expedition withdrew- February 5. 1917 ( n several other occasions in the past two years small detachments of troops har been'sent across the border bor-der in pursuit of marauding bands. On August 27, 1918. American and Mexican Mexi-can troops fought two hours at No gales, Ariz, following a clash between custom house guards An American officer and onv American soldier were l.illca and twenty-eight others wounded. wound-ed. The Mexican losses were 119 killed During the attack of Villa lorces on Juarex, Brigadier General James B Erwin, on June 15 last, ordered or-dered 3600 United States troops to cross from El Paso, Texan, to prevent iirint,' from the Mexican side into 1 Paso. The order was issued after several sev-eral persons. Including soldier, had been hit by Mexican bullets After a short engagement in which the Villa i troops were driven from the vicinity of Juarez, the American troops were withdrawn June 16. |