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Show HORRIBLE BARBARITY AFTER THE BATTLE FOUGHT 8Y GEN. NAVARRO NonCombatants in a Hamlet Are Takn Out and Shot-Mexican Troops Put AH Prisoners to Death-Dying Insurgents Are Bayoneted on the Field . - - -j 1 . federal camp awaiting burial These w-io placed in rough boxes and burled bur-led with military honors In a corral. Two companies lined up and the bugle bu-gle blew "Glory to the dead: long live President Diaz." 1 Other dead were accounted for a3 stl'l lying where they fell on tho j hills. i INSURGENTS ROUTED. Washington, Dec. 14 The Mex- lean federal troops have com- pletely routed the revolutionists in Chihuahua and captured the city of Guerrero, according to a telegram received today by the state department from Ambassa- -f f dor Wlhsou at MoxJco City.- -f f "This clears the state of Chi- 4- huahua ajid other purts of the county," said Mr W'lJson. "of ail f organized rOolstance to tho gov- f eminent." At the Front. Rancho Santiago, near redernalles, Doc. 12 (via Id Puso. Tex hs, IVc 14). In yesterday's engagement engage-ment the revolutionists fought General Gener-al Navarro to a standstill, although Inferior In-ferior in numbers. All told, 74 persons aro known by Independent Investigation to have been killed. Navarro took no prisoners It 13 contrary to his orders and In his camp today thero were no wounded of the other side; the bayonet had completed thj work of the bullet. A borrlblo instance of the barbarity barbar-ity of tho campaign occurred after tho battle. livery man in the hamlet of Cerro Trleto (Dark Hill) was brought before tho mayor to prove his Innocence Inno-cence of participation In the revolt. Thirty could not d this. As fast as their Identity became known they were taken, out and shot. They aro included la the number of the dead. General Navarro placed his own dead at one- captain, one lieutenant and 12 soldiers. Twenty-seven of his men, Inclodlng two officers, were severely se-verely wemnded,- Among---4Ji latter as General Brandon, social correspondent corres-pondent of the Mexican Herald, and a resident r.f lanamn. A bullet hit his horse In tho eye, passed through lt neck and lodged In the rider's abdominal ab-dominal tnuaclea Auother bullet hit him In the wrist Brandon Is tho champion mlddlewx-Ight wrestler of Mexico. Five Insurgents who ran out of ammunition am-munition and Burrendered were bayoneted, bayo-neted, Ono of them, who had fainted from a bullet which grazed his tempi", tem-pi", took tho bayonet thrust in the rib and was left for dead, but during the night be recovered and escaned. He grinned as he told his story. When the correspondent related the tale to General Navarro today the latter laughed heartily as If enjoying a joke on himself. Battle Indecisive. The battle was Indecisive In Its results. re-sults. It began at 11 a. m. and lasted last-ed until 1 p. m.. and occurred at tho village of Cerro Prleto. 1(0 miles west of Chihuahua, at the base of two low hills, nine miles CHSt of here. Two hundred revolutionists had occupied the hills during the previous night. When General Navarro, with 450 of his advance guard, passed east of the hills the Insurgents opened fir but did little damage owing to the distance. dis-tance. Later, when the field pieces came up, Navarro shelled them from their positions. The revolutionists retreated retreat-ed slowly, firing from the shelter of adobe houses which dot tho mesa. At 4 o'clock their ammunition, having run low, they took up a position at the base of a range of low mountains five miles southwest of Cerro Trieto Thero was no fighting today despite the proximity of tho two forces, which In Itself indicates a drawn battle. Tbelr camp flres can be seen from here b:nlght. During the fighting Sunday the original orig-inal 200 insurrectos were reinforced by 230 of their comrades. Two hundred hun-dred more arrived tonight and It was elated that by morning there would he 40o more from west of here. In an Interview General Navarro stated that he expected serious fighting fight-ing from now .in. He admitted that the insurgents were brave, but declared de-clared that their lack of military or-, ganlzatlon would defeat them In th end. Government Reinforcements, It was confirmed In his camp that government troops are converging on this section from Parral and from Sonora. Navarro, contrary to oora-tron oora-tron report, has no rapid lire gun? only field pieces. Tho Pnrrnl contln. Kent, however. Is hrlnging rapid fire Kuns. ! If the. roTolntlonlsta are to win they roust destroy Navarro In order to eon-I eon-I t?nd with the new forces j The most serious loss suffered bv I thr revolutlonlsts-occurred In aii adobe house In whiMi they had tak-in tak-in coser, a shell wrecking the place, killing and wounding several but not Wore thev had accounted for a number num-ber of the'enemy. The Associated Prosg correspondent counted 15 dead near the ruins of tho house, apparently about equally di-ded di-ded between tho two armies. About h.ilf of them had been stripped of their elothlnir. It Is a practice among the soldiers to strip the uniforms off their dead comrades, partly for the elothing and partly to conceal their Identity from those who may seek to d.-rover their losses. Another unburled soldier, also beln- ""ripped, was seen by the rovb.lde on the road from this plaee to I he sreno of the battle. SLx moro were In the 1 |