Pancho Villa Expedition
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The Pancho Villa Expedition, now known officially in the United States as the Mexican Expedition but originally referred to as the "Punitive Expedition, US Army," was a military operation conducted by
Pancho Villa wearing bandoliers in front of an insurgent camp
Battle of Columbus. Ruins of Columbus, New Mexico, after being raided by Pancho Villa
Maj. Gen. John Pershing of the National Army
American soldiers cross the arid plains south of Columbus, New Mexico.
Battle of Columbus (1916)
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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
Pancho Villa Expedition
…Villa from March 14, 1916, to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920. The expedition was launched in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, an incident of the larger Mexican Border War. The declared objective of the expedition by the administration of…
Ruins of the Commercial Hotel after the Battle of Columbus
Herbert Jermain Slocum circa 1915
Wanted poster from the Chief of Police of Columbus, for the capture of the Mexican revolutionary officers that led the Mexican troops in the Battle of Columbus.