Show VILLA IS BE IN FIRST SKIRMISH MEXICAN BANDIT SURPRISED BY AMERICAN TROOPERS AND PUT TO FLIGHT wounded bandit escapes in light wagon but trusted lieutenant and a Num number berof of his followers are killed in battle el 1 pa paso tonas texas by airier i 0 ican rs the main bodycot body of fran cisco villas bandits was put to III gilt v on oil march 29 20 alter after sixty mexicans uns had been killed and four american sol diers wounded the alie attack ot of the villa forces was wae made possible by an aeroplane scout who had located the bandits four hundred cavalrymen from the seventh and tenth regiments led by colonel george A dodd at the end ot of a fifty mile ride which they made 1 ill surprising short time lime burst upon the unsuspecting VIl villitta lista camp where bandits were celebrating the massa ere of 17 I 1 Carran two lays days pro pre tit at guerrero villa shot through the leg and with one hip shattered was hurried from the scene barely in time to escape the onslaught of the soldiers op of the north the bandits made a brief but hopi hope less stand before the fierce charge ol of colonel dodd and ills his troopers then they broke and fled leaving sixty dead on the field including their commander general eliseo ill ernandez two machino machine guns a number of 0 horses rifles ammunition and equip ment tell fell into the hands ot the vic tors tora 1 among the known wounded la Is pa blo lopez villas lieutenant in the co lumbus raid the american casualties were tour four privates wounded the american soldiers did rot ila j A ger on the field of victory borova 1 it dayi am el ag aha jelna ji ef oA wen into the wilderness of mountain jk peak desert and can Q or even efen trails rails ii are unknown w n ant where a misstep meana death to horse and rider they halted only on ay after the clinso had led them ten m miles lie from the battlefield and the fugitive were scattered far and wide in ili little hands bands of halt half a dozen men each baell the scene scena of colonel dodds victory la Is a abroad inroad valley lying at the head of clr the iha rio santa maria on the west rise the barren foothills of the conta J vi cental divide and to the cast is u trail made famous by villa which leads through the laguna de castilla Cast llla district to the ill tamed famed santa ysabel i it was at the latter place that villa y killed eighteen american mining met men a crime which sent a thrill of horror throughout the united states and marked the beginning of what many believe to be the end of his blood stained career it was toward santa ysabel that lie was believed to be heading when the troopers of tha th united states swept down from the alti north upon his camp from the meager details which have reached here from mexican and american military sources colonel dodds nieu men made their way utin unno through the arroyos or deep gulches which split the foothills in ill all directions and were almost in the camp before the alarm was given villa la Is reported to have been in a sma small 11 tent nursing ills his injuries when the crash of the american awoke the bandits to panic stricken action the extraordinary hold the bandit chief has over his followers is shown by the fact that their first thought ans to save him unable to walk or ride 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 sail geroll nio mo ranch the american soldiers released leac led a large number of oc general car banzas men whom the bandit chief was holding it is probable that it was at the guerrero Guerr ern massacre inas sacro that villa was wounded staff officers here believe there la is no doubt that colonel dodds army strengthened before now by men sent forward by general pershing has ibe be gun a driving hunt built tor for the wounded bandit and lor for the scattered remnant 1 nant of his force it will be no surprise now to general funston and his staff to receive a report at any time telling or of villas capture news or of another battle Is not expected however the smart blow administered administer od by colonel dodd it was believed hero here would serve to deter villas men fro from m speedy recon centra tion colonel dodd who led the troopers that put villas follow follo cia ra 10 night flight la is i described as a typical remington cavalry officer ile he Is 64 years old but show it by twenty years ile he rides his horse as though it were a part ot of him and la Is known throughout t the he army army for hla his activity in le de ve loping cavalry horsemanship lla lie Is the adu 10 iv who made the monkey dr drill L 11 a ca cavalry cavalry alry feature i t f |