Battle of Columbus

When

9 Mar 1916

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

31.83° N, 107.00° W

Description

1916 battle fought between the United States and Mexican Revolutionary forces under Pancho Villa

Raid on Columbus, New Mexico, US, by a Mexican revolutionary force

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 States border town of Columbus, New Mexico, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the border with Mexico. The raid escalated into a full-scale battle between Villistas and the United States Army.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads about 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico, killing 12 U.S. soldiers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le révolutionnaire mexicain Pancho Villa conduit dans un raid contre le village américain de Columbus dont il tue”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page