Following a day of artillery fire, Villa started launching mounted charges, described yesterday, on Agua Prieta. The town holds all night. At 7:00 a fourth and final assault is launched, and failed. Villa then withdrew towards Naco.
Constitutionalist at Agua Prieta. The enlisted men are equipped with Mausers, likely in 7x57. An officer in the background is firing a Winchester rifle.
Villa was a superb natural cavalryman and his tactics at Agua Prieta showed that he had in fact learned from a recent defeat that overrunning dug in infantryman was difficult, hence the nighttime assault, which reduced the effectiveness of the defense against a rapidly advancing force. He was not prepared, however, for the increased number of defenders, brought in by train transport across New Mexico and Arizona, and Calles anticipated the nighttime assault and was equipped with floodlights.
It was the second major defeat Villa had suffered in a couple of months, putting his command in great peril.
The French threw two temporary bridges across the Vadar
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