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1916 Pancho Villa Expedition...
1916 Pancho Villa Expedition...
Item # 722200
April 13, 1916
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 13, 1916
* Pancho Villa Expedition - Mexico Revolution
* Post attack on Columbus, New Mexico
* United States Army operation
The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "CARRANZA MAKES DEMAND, U. S. ORDER TROOPS HOME" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 16 pages, a little irregular along the spine, small library stamp within the masthead, generally very nice.
AI notes: On April 13, 1916, the U.S. Punitive Expedition, led by General John J. Pershing, was deep in northern Mexico pursuing Pancho Villa after his March 9 raid on Columbus, New Mexico. At the same time, Mexican President Venustiano Carranza, wary of both Villa’s insurgent activities and the presence of U.S. forces, maintained a tense stance. While Carranza condemned Villa’s raid and nominally supported efforts to restrain him, he strongly opposed the U.S. incursion into Mexican territory, seeing it as a violation of sovereignty and a potential threat to his own fragile government. Pershing’s forces engaged in reconnaissance and small skirmishes with Villa’s scattered forces, but Villa’s intimate knowledge of the rugged terrain allowed him to evade capture. Carranza’s government limited cooperation with the Americans, providing only minimal guidance or constraints on their movements, effectively forcing Pershing to navigate the expedition without formal Mexican support. This delicate interplay between U.S. military objectives and Mexican political sovereignty highlighted the broader challenges of the Punitive Expedition, which would continue for months without achieving its goal of capturing Villa.
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