Thursday, January 13, 1916. Death of Huerta.

Victoriano Huerta, age 65, died in El Paso.  Huera had occupied the position of President of Mexico, illegitimately from February, 19, 1913 to July, 1914.

As a total aside, those dates would place setting for Sam Peckinpah's classic The Wild Bunch prior to July, 1914, which makes for one of the film's inaccuracies, albeit a minor one, in that aircraft are referenced as something that's "going to be" used in the war in Europe.  World War One had not yet quite broken out, but then perhaps this can be rationalized in some fashion.  Gen. Mapache is referenced as being "a butcher for Huerta".

A huge race riot occurred in El Paso on the same day in reaction to news of the Santa Ysabel Massacre, not all of which was completely accurate, even though the accurate news was bad enough.

British troops attacked Ottoman troops under the command of Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz along the Wadi River.

Last edition:

Wednesday, January 12, 1916. War likely.

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Wednesday, January 12, 1916. War likely.

News of the Santa Ysabel Massacre was hitting the Press.

German pilots Max Immelmann, of the Immelmann Roll fame, and Oswald Boelcke, were each awarded the Prussian Pour le Mérite, the "Blue Max".  They were the first two pilots to win the award first authorized in 1740.

They each had eight areal victories.  Immelmann would die six months later.  Boelcke ten.

King Nicholas of Montenegro began surrender negotiations with Austro Hungaria.

Last edition:

Tuesday, January 11, 1916. Villa outrage against Americans.

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Tuesday, January 11, 1916. Villa outrage against Americans.

Villa's forces stripped sixteen American employees of the American Smelting and Refining Company and executed them.

Or maybe that was three days ago.  This event gets reported for various dates and we've already noted it.

In any event, this was something the U.S. could not ignore.

Austro Hungarian troops captured the mountain of Lovćen in Montenegro, which had been the country's key artillery base for defending its border.

French marines occupied the island of Corfu over Greek protests and begin to prepare it for occupation by the remnants of the Serbian army and civilian population.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle noted a British humiliation:

Last edition:

Sunday, January 9, 1916. Santa Ysabel Massacre.

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Sunday, January 9, 1916. Santa Ysabel Massacre.

Pancho Villa's forces attacked U.S. mining executives and engineers in Mexico on January 9, 1916, taking them off of a train near Santa Ysabel and shooting seventeen of them.

One survived by feigning death.

Those killed were:

Alexander Hall

Charles A. Pringle

Charles Wadleigh

C. R. Watson

E. L. Robinson

George W. Newman

Jack Hass

J. P. Coy

J. W. Woom

Maurice Anderson

M. B. Romero

R. H. Cimmons

R. T. McHatton

Tom M. Evans

W. D. Pierce

William J. Wallace

Some place this event, I'd note, on January 10.

The killing sparked American outrage.

The last British soldier left Gallipoli, ending the battle with an Allied defeat.

Last edition:

Saturday, January 8, 1916. Riots in Youngstown.

Labels: 1910s, 1916, Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad, Black Sea, Imperial Russian Navy, Labor unrest, Mesopotamia, Ohio, Ohio National Guard, Unions, World War One