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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
9
American troops led by Colonel Dodd chased Villa forces from the Guerrero area after a long pursuit. The 55 mile advance was made in 17 hours with minimal equipment as troops pressed into Guerrero before dawn. Villa fled into surrounding hills while Pershing coordinated further passes to trap the band.
Two hundred American cavalrymen under Colonel W C Brown of the Tenth Cavalry defeated an equal Villa force 30 miles north of Guerrero in the Aguas Calientes engagement. Mexican ranchmen report 30 bandits killed and 40 horses lost. Americans suffer no casualties. Villa not present. pursuit of Manuel Lopez’s band continued through canyon trails and rough terrain. Some equipment and prisoners may have been captured. reports tie this group to the Guerrero defeat a week earlier.
The school committee authorizes an evening elementary school for foreign born residents with classes in reading writing English speech and citizenship. Sessions set in English High School building on Montgomery Street Monday Tuesday and Thursday 7 30 to 9 oclock from April 10 to June 1 with no registration fee.
The clash south of Bachinava led to claimed Mexican losses and horse captures while confirming ongoing pursuit of Villa. Officials noted need for more troops and rail logistics to disrupt Villa’s bands and protect American forces. Reinforcements and railroad routes were debated as the campaign tempo increased. Two units, including the Second Cavalry and Third and Thirteenth Infantry, were cited as potential reinforcements.
Fifty nuns expelled by the de facto Mexican government as foreign nationals sail for Spain. The voyage follows their deportation from Mexican territory amid political tensions and religious asylum concerns.
Bandits burned two bridges on the railroad between Piedras Negras and Torreon about 70 miles from the border, yesterday, according to reports from officers formerly with Villa.
The full class of four students in the tanning course at Pratt Institute Brooklyn traveled to Boston to tour leading New England tanneries. The group includes students from Ohio Pennsylvania Massachusetts New York New Jersey Wisconsin Maryland and California with international representation from Paraguay Argentina Labrador Armenia Australia and New Mexico.
Margaret Foley told 500 students at Technology Tinion that suffragists will work in every state to set a record that Massachusetts should be ashamed of for denying women the vote. She departs tomorrow for a three month campaign through the Southern and Middle States.
Charlie Lee 45 and May Martin 29 filed intention at City Hall to wed. They reside at 95 West Cedar Street West End in a house occupied by a colored family.
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