The U.S. Army and Sedicionistas fought at Ojo de Agua, Texas in the last clash between those two forces. Sedicionistas, being Constitutionalist, had lost their incentive to fight in Texas given the recent U.S. recognition of Carranza of the de facto ruler of Mexico. The initial attack was upon signalmen housed in the building depicted above and commenced at 1:00 a.m. The gunfire attracted cavalry reinforcements.
Three U.S. soldiers, including the NCO in command, Sergeant Schaffer, were killed and eight wounded. The Sediciosos lost five men dead and at least nine others wounded, two of whom later died. A Japanese man and two Carrancista soldiers were found among the dead. No further raids by Sedcionistas or those supporting the Constitutionalist occurred, although this raid reinforced the view by American officers that Carranza was not trustworthy.
The rescuing cavalry detachments, it might be noted, came from 2 and 8 miles away, with the latter coming up just as the Mexican forces withdrew.
Elsewhere, other U.S. Army units in Texas were at the State Fair.
Bulgarian troops were repulsed by the British in the Battle of Krivolak.
Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Today -100: October 21, 1915: All the forces of wi...: Russia declares war on Bulgaria (actually on the 18th, but they didn’t tell anyone for a couple of days). Britain offers Greece a present...
The United Daughters of the Confederacy held their first annual meeting outside the Southern United States, in San Francisco.
Eight "Russian" children who dropped of elementary school in Sterling, Colorado to work in the beet harvest. It's not clear to me if they're Russians, or Russian Americans. They might in fact have been Russian refugees, but 1915, would be early for that.
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