U.S. Mexico Borderlands

How Guisueppi Garibaldi survived the battle of Juárez

There are a lot of different versions of the first battle of Juárez.   Here is a good overview by Óscar Jáquez Martínez:

The battle of Juárez began very suddenly and without the knowledge of the Federals or Francisco Madero.  Against Madero’s orders a fairly large body of  insurrectos attacked the border city.  The group was led by Pancho Villa and Pascual Orozco and was joined by most of the foreign legion.  The insurrectos followed the irrigation ditch leading to Juárez and thus were not detected by General Navarro’s men.  The rebels fell upon the Federals and by the afternoon of May 8 began a general assault on the city.  On the second day the battle was fought almost entirely in the center of the city and by nightfall the rebels held all of Juárez except the bullring, the cuartel, and the church.  On the third day the rebels captured all of Juárez and General Navarro surrendered with five hundred men.  Colonel Garibaldi received Navarro’s sword.   -U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

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