Show VILLA 15 DEFEATED IN FIRST SKIRMISH MEXICAN BANDIT SURPRISED isred BY AMERICAN TROOPERS AND PUT TO FOGHT FLIGHT wounded bandit escapes in light wagon but trusted lieutenant and a number of his followers are killed in battle E el I 1 paso texas surprised by amerlean american soldiers the main body of francisco villas bandits was put to flight on march 29 after sixty mexicans had been killed and four american sol fliers aters wounded the attack of the villa forces was made possible by an aeroplane scout who had hadt located the bandits four hundred cavalrymen from the seventh and tenth regiments led by colonel clionel george A dodd at the end of a fifty mile ride which they made in surprising short time burst upon the unsuspecting Vil villitta lista camp where bandits were celebrating the massa ere of Carran two days previously at guerrero villa shot through the leg and with one hip shattered was hurried froni from the scene barely in time to escape the onslaught of the soldiers of the north the bandit a brief but hopeless stand before the fierce char charge geol ol 01 colonel dodd and his troopers then they broke and fled leaving dead on the field including their corn com ir iander general Geneia 1 eleseo J ehernandez two machine guns a number ol oi horses rifles ammunition and equipment merit fell into the hands bands of the de victors among the known wounded is pa folo lopez villas lieutenant in the columbus raid the american casu casualties alde were four privates wounded the american soldiers did not alln i ger on the field of victory tor for five hours they drove the enemy before them into the wilderness of mountain peak desert and canyon where roads or even trails are unknown and where a misstep means death to horse and rider they halted baited only after the chase had led them nten ten miles from the battlefield and the fugitives were scattered far and wide in dittli bands of halt half a dozen men each the scene of colonel dodds victory Is a brad valley lying at the head ol oi the rio santa marla maria 0 on n the west rise the barren foothills of the conti guental divide and to the east Is a trail made famous by WILL villa which teada through the laguna de castilla Cast llla district tg the ill III famed santa ysabel it was at the tat latter place that villa blued eighteen teen american mining men A crime which sent a thrill of horror throughout the united states and marked the beginning of what many relieve b bellev 9 to be the end of chiq blood stained i a career it was toward santa deabel that ho he was believed to be heading beading when the troopers of the united states from the hereupon iora his camp camo from the meager details which hav e reached here from mexican and american military sources colonel dodds men made their way unnoticed through th the arroyos or deep gulches which split the foothills in all directions and were almost in the camp before the alarm was given villa la Is reported to have been in a small email tent nursing his bis injuries when the crash of the american volleys awoke the bandits to panic stricken action the extraordinary hold the anait chief has over his followers Is alloin s aown toy by the fact that their first thought was mas to save him unable to walk ol 01 oia tide he was hurriedly placed in a light wagon and driven over the rough mountain trails to some secret lair after the battle on the san geroni TOO ranch the american soldiers released a large number of general car banzas men whom the I 1 bandit chief was nol bolding ding it Is probable that it was it at the guerrero massacre that villa was wounded 4 9 staff baler ayi hie hero believe there Is 4 to doubt that colonel dodds army strengthened before now by men sent forward iby by agn general ral Pir pershing birshing shing has baa begun a driving hunt tor for the wounded bandit and for the scattered remnant of his hid force it will be no surer surprise now to general funston and his bis staff to receive a report at any time telling of villas capture cap tuie news of another battle is not expected however horev er the smart blow administered toy by colonel dodd it was believed here wo would serve to deter villas men from speedy colonel dodd who led the troopers that put auf villas followers fol lowera to 10 flight Is described as a typical remington neav cavalry officer he Is 64 years old but show it by twenty years he rides his horse as though it were a vart part of him bim and Is known throughout the army for his activity la de vo loping cavalry horsemanship he Is the man who made the monkey arill rill a cavalry feature |