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The battle of Carrizal
The battle of Carrizal occurred on the 21st of June 1916. This was a major skirmish between US troops of the General John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition force and Mexican Army troops.
Description
In June 1916, General Pershing was informed that Pancho Villa could be taken at Carrizal, northwest of Budlan. When he sent Captains Boyd and Morey to investigate with C and K troop of the 7th Cavalry, they were confronted with Mexican Federal troops, not Villa's men. The officers ordered the men to attack anyway. According the the US Army Center of Military History, the Colored U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment was heavily involved in this battle.
By legend, Villa supposedly watched with delight as his two enemies fought it out with each other, this story is of doubtful veracity as Villa was badly injured at the time and being pursued by both the US Army and the Federales. The Cavalry lost 2 officers, 14 men, and 23 were taken prisoner, the Mexican troops lost half as many, including the commanding Officer, General Felix Gomez and 10 other officers were injured. This clash caused enough tension that war between the USA and Mexico seemed possible.
The simultaneous deterioration of German-American relations while World War I raged in Europe made any escalation in Mexico undesirable and so negotiations followed.
Battle of Celaya
The Battle of Celaya, which occurred on 13 April 1915, was a battle of the Mexican Revolution. The Conventionist forces under Pancho Villa were badly defeated by forces under the command of Álvaro Obregón, who supported the presidency of Venustiano Carranza. Villa lost around 4,000 men killed in frontal attacks. He also lost 1,000 horses, 5,000 rifles, and 32 cannons. Approximately 6,000 of his men were taken prisoner. Of those captured, 120 of Villa's officers were executed.
In this battle, Obregón developed a defense "in depth" that proved very effective against the offense-heavy cavalry charges and artillery techniques used at that time, and was based on his study of the trench conflict (World War I) then raging in Europe. Although Obregón's lines weakened at times, he had sufficient reserves to bolster it at any point.
Villa had committed all his men to the attack. He was unable to exploit any area of weakness or to protect his flanks which were enveloped by Obregón's cavalry.
The battle was a turning point in the future of Villa, the Revolution and Mexican history in the 20th century. Villa was never able to recover his losses, and with that lost most of his political and social influence.
First battle of Rellano
The 1st battle of Rellano was an engagement during the Mexican Revolution between government troops loyal to Francisco Madero and rebel troops under Pascual Orozco. The engagement was a success for Orozco's 7,000 troops against his enemy, General Salas and his 8,000 men.
Second battle of Rellano
The second battle of Rellano was an engagement of the Mexican Revolution between Rebel forces under Pascual Orozco and Government troops under General Victoriano Huerta. This was a set back for Orozco who had, several months before, defeated another Government army at the first battle of Rellano in March of the same year.
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