Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico

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Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico was a 1916 cross-border attack by Mexican revolutionary forces on a U.S. border town that provoked a major American military response.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cross-border raid ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military attack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Columbus ⓘ
Columbus raid ⓘ
armedWith horses as cavalry mounts ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
rifles ⓘ
attacker Pancho Villa ⓘ
Villista forces ⓘ
chronology occurred shortly before U.S. entry into World War I ⓘ
commanderOfAttackers Pancho Villa ⓘ
conflictType cross-border incursion ⓘ
countryAttacked United States ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfAttackers Mexico ⓘ
date 1916-03-09 ⓘ
defender 13th U.S. Cavalry Regiment ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
followedBy U.S. Punitive Expedition into northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Expedition

increased U.S. military presence on the border ⓘ
geographicRegion U.S.–Mexico borderlands ⓘ
hasCause Villa's need for supplies and political demonstration of strength ⓘ
Villa's opposition to U.S. support for Carranza ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
killedAmongRaiders dozens of Villista fighters ⓘ
killedInUnitedStates at least 10 U.S. civilians ⓘ
at least 8 U.S. soldiers ⓘ
location Columbus, New Mexico, United States ⓘ
partOf United States–Mexico border conflicts ⓘ
precededBy U.S. recognition of Venustiano Carranza's government in Mexico ⓘ
deterioration of relations between Pancho Villa and the United States ⓘ
primaryU.S.Response Pancho Villa Expedition ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Expedition

Punitive Expedition under General John J. Pershing ⓘ
linked to: Mexican Expedition
result U.S. declaration of Punitive Expedition into Mexico ⓘ
U.S. tactical repulse of Villista raiders ⓘ
significance contributed to the rise of John J. Pershing as a prominent U.S. general ⓘ
last major foreign ground attack on the continental United States until World War II ⓘ
tested U.S. Army readiness before entry into World War I ⓘ
target Columbus business district ⓘ
U.S. Army camp near Columbus ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Border War (U.S.–Mexico) ⓘ
Mexican Revolution ⓘ
triggered heightened tensions between the United States and Mexico ⓘ
large-scale mobilization of U.S. troops along the Mexican border ⓘ
typeOfTarget border town ⓘ
U.S.Commander Herbert J. Slocum ⓘ
John J. Pershing ⓘ
year 1916 ⓘ

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Mexican Expedition → hasCause → Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico ⓘ
José Doroteo Arango Arámbula → notableEvent → raid on Columbus, New Mexico (1916) ⓘ
linked to: Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico
Columbus, New Mexico, United States → eventLocation → Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus (9 March 1916) ⓘ
linked to: Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico
Battle of Guerrero (1916) → aftermath → Pancho Villa remained at large ⓘ
linked to: Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico
Doroteo Arango → notableEvent → 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico