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Battle of Ciudad Juárez

Battle of Ciudad Juárez was a battle fought on 7 April 1911 at Ciudad Juárez, in what is now Mexico; it lasted 33 days. It was part of the Mexican Revolution, which ran from 1910 to 1920. The recorded result: Maderista victory. Recorded strength: 2,500 against 700.

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10 maggio 1911, dopo la battaglia i rivoluzionari entrano in Ciudad Juárez, durante la Rivoluzione messicana.
10 maggio 1911, dopo la battaglia i rivoluzionari entrano in Ciudad Juárez, durante la Rivoluzione messicana.. Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought7 April 1911lasted 33 days
WhereCiudad Juárez, Mexico31.724N, 106.475W
OutcomeMaderista victory
BelligerentsMaderistas; División del Norte; OrozquistasagainstGovernment; Federal Army
Part ofMexican Revolution1910 to 1920

Where it sits in the Mexican Revolution

Battle of Lipantitlán, 1835Battle of Cuautla, 1911First Battle of Tijuana, 1911Capture of Mexicali, 1911Battle of Casas Grandes, 1911Battle of Ciudad Juárez, 1911First Battle of Rellano, 1912Second Battle of Rellano, 1912Battle of Naco, 1913Battle of Nogales, 1913First Battle of Torreón, 1913Battle of Zaragoza, 1913Battle of San Pedro de las Colonias, 1914Battle of Zacatecas, 1914Second Battle of Agua Prieta, 1915Battle of Nogales, 1915Battle of Carrizal, 1916Third Battle of Torreón, 1916Battle of Ciudad Juárez, 191918351919Battle of Ciudad Juárez, 1911
19 placed engagements of the Mexican Revolution in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date7 April 1911
to 10 May 1911
PlaceCiudad Juárez, Mexico
31.724N, 106.475W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength2,500700
Commanders
  • Francisco I. Madero
  • Pancho Villa
  • Pascual Orozco
  • Emil Lewis Holmdahl
  • Castulo Herrera
  • Juan N. Navarro
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Battle of Ciudad Juárez is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 160 in present-day Mexico.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870757, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1911), revision 1370109106, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.