Men of the 13th Cavalry waiting to embark on a train in Columbus, New Mexico, to load the coffins of the soldiers killed in the raid. during the Pancho Villa Expedition.
Date
April 12, 1916
Location
near Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
Result
American victory[1]
Belligerents
United States
Mexico
Commanders and leaders
Frank Tompkins (WIA)
Ismael Lozano[2]
Strength
~150 cavalry
~70-120 cavalry
Casualties and losses
5 killed 6 wounded
7 killed or wounded[3][4]
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U.S. involvement in the Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution
Tampico Affair
Ypiranga incident
Veracruz
German interventions in the Mexican Revolution
Border War
1st Agua Prieta
1st Ciudad Juarez
Bandit War
Norias Ranch
Ojo de Agua
2nd Nogales
Santa Isabel
Mexican Expedition
Columbus
San Isidro
Aguacaliente
Parral
Puerto de Varas
Tomóchic
Glenn Springs
Carrizal
Guerrero
Ojos Azules
Rubio Ranch
Castillon
Las Varas Pass
San Ygnacio
Zimmermann Affair
Brite Ranch
1st Pilares
Neville Ranch
2nd Pilares
Porvenir
3rd Nogales
3rd Ciudad Juárez
Candelaria
Ruby
The Battle of Parral, on April 12, 1916, was the first battle between soldiers of Venustiano Carranza, known as Carrancistas, and the United States military during the Mexican Expedition. When a small force of American cavalry was leaving the city of Parral, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, a superior force of Carrancista soldiers attacked which resulted in a bloody running engagement. Using a strategy of organized withdrawal, the Americans were able to repulse the Mexican attacks and safely escape to the fortified village of Santa Cruz de Villegas.[5]
^Kennedy Hickman. "Mexican Revolution: US Punitive Expedition". About. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
^Stout, Joseph A., pg. 67, "Border conflict: Villistas, Carrancistas, and the Punitive Expedition, 1915-1920" (1999) TCU Press, ISBN 0-87565-200-X
^"History: World War I". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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