Lot 12 Pancho Villa Punitive Expedition Mexican Revolution Cannon Artillery RPPC For Sale

Lot of 12 Antique Mexican Revolution Border War Real Photo Postcards RPPC - Mexican Punitive Expedition 1916Make sure to check out our upcoming listings for several dozen more original Mexican Punitive Expedition RPPC\'sThe Pancho Villa Expedition, now known officially in the United States as the Mexican Expedition but originally referred to as the \"Punitive Expedition, US Army,\" was a military operation conducted by the United States Army under General Pershing against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco \"Pancho\" Villa from March 14, 1916, to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920.
The expedition was launched in retaliation for Villa\'s attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, an incident of the larger Mexican Border War. The declared objective of the expedition by the administration of US President Woodrow Wilson was the capture of Villa. Despite locating and defeating the main body of Villa\'s command who were responsible for the Columbus raid, US forces were unable to achieve Wilson\'s stated main objective of preventing Villa\'s escape.
The active search for Villa ended after a month in the field when troops sent by Venustiano Carranza, the head of the Constitutionalist faction of the revolution and then head of the Mexican government, resisted the US incursion. The Constitutionalist forces used arms at the town of Parral to resist passage of a US Army column. The US mission was changed to prevent further attacks on it by Mexican troops and to plan for the possibility of war. When war was averted diplomatically, the expedition remained in Mexico until February 1917 to encourage Carranza\'s government to pursue Villa and prevent further raids across the border.

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