Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1919) 1919

About the battle

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.

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Other battles of the Mexican Revolution

• Battle of Lipantitlán 1835
• Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911) 1911
• Battle of Cuautla 1911
• Capture of Mexicali 1911
• Battle of Zaragoza (1913) 1913
• First Battle of Torreón 1913
• Third Battle of Torreón 1916

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Further reading

• Wikipedia: Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1919)
• Wikidata Q4870753