Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1911 — REBELS WOK FIERCE – FIGHT NEAR BORDER. [ARTICLE]

REBELS WOK FIERCE - FIGHT NEAR BORDER.

One Thousand Rebels Repulse Superior Foree es Fedepla—Ballets Cross American Boundary. The most Important battle of the Mexican revolution was fought at Agua Prleta Monday between 1,600 Federals, under command of Lieut. Col. Diaz, and 1,000 rebels, under Balasario Garcia, and resulted in the repulse of the Federals. The battle, however, was not finally decisive. It lasted from 6:30 a. m. until sundown. At nightfall two Federal machine guns were in possession of the rebels and the Federals had sustained a lops estimated by the rebels of at least 200 killed and wounded. The rebels placed their loss at twenty. From the beginning of the battle, regardless of the warning given by the United States government 'to the leaders of both forces, a rain of bulletß poured into the American town of Douglas, Ariz., and when the day was over it was found, that seven noncombatant residents of that city had been wounded. It was a day of terror in Douglas. Dawn revealed the Federal forces formed in fan-shaped battle line, in the level country about a mile distant from Agua Prieta, with their machine guns in the center. They gave notice to the enemy o' their approach with a hail of bullets from the machine guns, supported by rifle fire. President Taft will doubtless take immediate steps to make good the demand that the fighting must be removed further from the American boundary line, it is probable the President'will ask advice from congress.