Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1919)
| Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez | ||||||||
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| Part of the Mexican Revolution, Border War | ||||||||
News Coverage of the Battle of Ciudad Juárez | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Pancho Villa Felipe Ángeles | Pablo González Garza |
James B. Erwin Selah H. R. Tompkins | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||||
| 9,500 revolutionary Pancho Villa | 7,300 Mexican soldiers | 8,600 American soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| ~150 killed or wounded | 67 Mexican soldiers and 27 civilians killed |
2 killed 10 wounded | ||||||
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U.S. Civilian Casualties: 2 killed 4 wounded | ||||||||
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The Third Battle of Ciudad Juarez, or simply the Battle of Juarez, was the final major battle involving the rebels of Francisco "Pancho" Villa. It began on June 15, 1919, when Villa attempted to capture the border city of Ciudad Juarez from the Mexican Army. During the engagement the Villistas provoked an intervention by the United States Army protecting the neighboring city of El Paso, Texas. The Americans routed the Villistas in what became the second largest battle of the Mexican Revolution involving the US, and the last battle of the Border War. With the American army closing in, the Villistas had no choice but to retreat. Pancho Villa then attacked Durango but lost again, so he retired to his home at Parral, Chihuahua in 1920, with a full pardon from the Carrancista government.