Battle of Nogales (1915)

Second Battle of Nogales
Part of the Mexican Revolution, Border War

American and Mexican soldiers guarding International Street in Ambos Nogales. The obelisk in the center is a border marker, which still stands today.
DateNovember 26, 1915
Location
Belligerents

Conventionists

Constitutionalists

 United States
Commanders and leaders
unknown Alvaro Obregón United States William H. Sage
Casualties ~70 killed or wounded[1]

The Second Battle of Nogales was a three-sided military engagement of the Mexican Revolution, fought in November 1915 at the border towns of Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona. On the morning of November 26, rebel forces of Pancho Villa, who occupied Nogales, Sonora, began firing on United States Army soldiers in Nogales, Arizona. The Americans responded with counter fire for over two hours before a force of Carrancistas (AKA Constitutionalistas) arrived to attack the Villistas. Later that day, the Constitutionalistas accidentally opened fire on American soldiers and another short skirmish was fought. The battle resulted in the deaths of several Mexicans and was the first significant engagement fought between Villistas and the United States military.[2]

  1. ^ Rosales, Francisco A. (1999). Pobre raza!: violence, justice, and mobilization among México Lindo immigrants, 1900–1936. University of Texas Press. p. 15. ISBN 0292770952.
  2. ^ Full text of "The history of the Tenth Cavalry, 1866–1921"