-
horses (hence the
limit of 100
Villistas).
Before 2006, the
Mexican horses were left
behind in Mexico, and the
Villistas rode
American horses from the...
- of searchlights,
powered by U.S.
generated electricity, to help
repel a
Villista night attack on the
border town of Agua Prieta,
Sonora on 1
November 1915...
- for them. As a
fighting force, the
cavalry and
infantry elements of the
Villistas were
highly mobile in
early 20th-century terms.
Villa used the rail system...
-
About 13 of Villa's
wounded later died of
their wounds, and five
wounded Villistas taken prisoner by the
Americans were
tried and
hanged for murder. Local...
-
border with Mexico. The raid
escalated into a full-scale
battle between Villistas and the
United States Army.
Villa himself led the ****ault, only to be...
- in
Pancho Villa's army. One of Lopez's
uncles was
Pablo Lopez,
another Villista general. He is
credited with the
Santa Isabel M****acre in 1916.
Lopez and...
- Villa.
Although Villa was not captured, the US Army
found and
engaged the
Villista rebels,
killing Villa's two top lieutenants. The
revolutionary himself...
-
force of
Carrancistas (AKA Constitutionalistas)
arrived to
attack the
Villistas.
Later that day, the
Constitutionalistas accidentally opened fire on American...
- the
Villistas provoked an
intervention by the
United States Army
protecting the
neighboring city of El Paso, Texas. The
Americans routed the
Villistas in...
-
Julio Cárdenas (unknown – May 14, 1916) was a
captain in
Pancho Villa's
Villista military organization. He was second-in-command to
Villa and the head of...
