Pancho Villa's soldiers raiding Columbus New Mexico March 9 1916-2013 is a photograph by David Lee Guss which was uploaded on January 21st, 2014.
Pancho Villa's soldiers raiding Columbus New Mexico March 9 1916-2013
On 9 March 1916, General Villa ordered nearly 100 Mexican members of his revolutionary group to make a cross-border attack against Columbus, New... more
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Pancho Villa's soldiers raiding Columbus New Mexico March 9 1916-2013
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David Lee Guss
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On 9 March 1916, General Villa ordered nearly 100 Mexican members of his revolutionary group to make a cross-border attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
While some believed the raid was conducted because of the U.S. government's official recognition of the Carranza regime and for the loss of lives in battle due to defective cartridges purchased from the United States, it was accepted from a military standpoint that Villa carried out the raid because he needed more military equipment and supplies in order to continue his fight against Carranza.
They attacked a detachment of the 13th Cavalry Regiment (United States), burned the town and seized 100 horses and mules and other military supplies. Eighteen Americans and about 80 Villistas were killed.
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January 21st, 2014
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