Battle of Guerrero
| Battle of Guerrero | |||||||
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| Part of the Border War, Pancho Villa Expedition, Mexican Revolution | |||||||
Pancho Villa and his men at Ojinaga, Chihuahua, in 1916. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Villistas | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| George A. Dodd |
Pancho Villa Elicio Hernandez † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 370 cavalry | 200–500 cavalry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5 wounded |
56 killed 35 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Guerrero, or the Battle of San Gerónimo, in March 1916, was the first military engagement between the rebels of Pancho Villa and the United States during the Mexican Expedition. After a long ride, elements of the American 7th Cavalry Regiment encountered a large force of Villistas at the town of Guerrero in the state of Chihuahua. In what has been called the "last true cavalry charge," the Americans assaulted the town and routed the defenders, inflicting over seventy-five casualties on the Mexicans with the loss of only five men wounded.