Second Battle of Torreón

Second Battle of Torreón
Part of Mexican Revolution

Mexican rebels with cannon
Date21 March – 2 April 1914
Location
Torreón, Coahuila
25°32′0″N 103°26′0″W / 25.53333°N 103.43333°W / 25.53333; -103.43333
Result Revolutionary victory
Belligerents

Constitutionalists

Government

Commanders and leaders
Pancho Villa
Felipe Ángeles		 José Refugio Velasco
Benjamín Argumedo
Strength
18,000 men, with 34 pieces of artillery 16,550 men, with 24 cannons
Casualties and losses
1,500 8,000

The Second Battle of Torreón, which lasted from March 21 to April 2, 1914, was one of the major battles of the Mexican Revolution, where revolutionaries led by Pancho Villa occupied a city protected by Huertist federal forces.

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