Glenn Springs Raid

Wann

5. Mai 1916

Art

Militäroperation

Koordinaten

29.18° N, 103.16° W

Description

Raid during the Frontier war, 5th of May of 1916

The raid on Glenn Springs occurred on the night of May 5–6, 1916, when Mexican Villistas and Carrancistas attacked the towns of Boquillas and Glenn Springs, Texas. In Glenn Springs, the raiders burned several buildings and fought a three-hour battle with a small force of American soldiers who were stationed there. At the same time, a second party of rebels robbed a general store and a silver mine in Boquillas.

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