Battle of Tierra Blanca
Battle of Tierra Blanca | |||||||
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Part of the Mexican Revolution | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Pancho Villa E.L Holmdahl | José Inés Salazar | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,200 | 5,250–5,500 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300 dead, 200 wounded |
1000 dead, 600 wounded |
The Battle of Tierra Blanca was fought in 1913 during the Mexican Revolution. It took place about 35 miles (56 km) south of Ciudad Juárez.[1] The outcome was a major victory for Francisco "Pancho" Villa over the forces of José Inés Salazar, commander of the federal forces loyal to then head of state Victoriano Huerta.
The two armies were of relatively equal numbers, 5,500 of Villa's soldiers standing against an estimated 7,000 federal soldiers. But Salazar's troops were in theory more disciplined and had more artillery. The battle began on 23 November 1913; the first day saw fairly indecisive fighting, but before the actual clashes started Fierro had been sent south to destroy the railroad tracks, forcing the federal soldiers to halt.
On the second day, as Villa flanked the well armed federal soldiers with
Fierro is noted as riding on horseback after an escaping locomotive, climbing on to it, running across the roofs of the train cars, and shooting dead the
Villa captured 4 locomotives, 7
References
- ^ Timeline of the Mexican Revolution 1913
- ISBN 1-55970-607-4.
- ISBN 0-8047-3046-6.
- ISBN 0-8032-7771-7.
- Eisenhower, John S. D. Intervention: The United States and the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917 (New York: W. W. Norton, 1993) p. 58
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