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The Santa Isabel massacre took place on January 10, 1916, at Santa Isabel, Chihuahua, Mexico, as part of Mexican Revolution.Mexican bandits led by Pablo Lopez, aligned with revolutionary Pancho Villa and operating in de facto government territory of Villa's rivals, the Constitutionalists—stopped a train in Santa Isabel and removed from it around 17 American citizens who were employees of the ...
This marked the high point of his rebellion, as he controlled all of Chihuahua except the town of Parral which was defended by Pancho Villa who had remained loyal to Madero. Orozco proceeded to attack the town. While Villa eventually had to retreat from Parral, his stubborn resistance gave crucial town for another federal army, under Victoriano ...
Francisco "Pancho" Villa (UK: / ˈ p æ n tʃ oʊ ˈ v iː ə / PAN-choh VEE-ə, [3] [4] US: / ˈ p ɑː n tʃ oʊ ˈ v iː (j) ə / PAHN-choh VEE-(y)ə, [3] [5] Spanish: [ˈpantʃo ˈβiʎa]; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution.
Thanksgiving day 1917 news: Francisco "Pancho" Villa and his men had robbed a Mexican central Line train of $70,000, some merchandise and some horses.
The Battle of San Andrés, also known as the Charge at San Andrés, took place during the Mexican Revolution and was fought on August 26–27, 1913. Revolutionary leader General Pancho Villa attacked the town of San Andrés, and the battle concluded when the American soldier of fortune charged the federal positions and routed the enemy.
The Battle of Columbus, also known as the Burning of Columbus or the Columbus Raid, began on March 9, 1916, as a raid conducted by remnants of Pancho Villa's Division of the North on the small United States border town of Columbus, New Mexico, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the border with Mexico.
The Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong is a National Historic Landmark District commemorating the 1916 raid by Pancho Villa on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and the American military response to that raid, the "Punitive Expedition" led by General John J. Pershing.
During the Villa expedition, units based at Camp Harry J. Jones made extensive use of automobiles and trucks, and also employed aircraft for observation and scouting. [6] This use of motorized vehicles was the Army's first major effort to employ mechanized forces, and foreshadowed its transition away from horses and mules.