Nevill Ranch raid | |
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Part of the Bandit War, Mexican Revolution | |
Location | Presidio County, Texas |
Date | March 25, 1918 |
Weapons | Small arms |
Deaths | 2 |
The Neville Ranch raid[1] of the night of March 25, 1918, was the last serious attack on a Texas ranch by Mexican rebels during the Bandit War. Speculation was that Villistas were responsible for the raid in which two people were murdered. Afterwards the rebels withdrew to the village of Pilares, Chihuahua, in Mexican territory pursued by a group of United States cavalry. A small battle was fought at Pilares on the following day in which several more people were killed and the cavalry burned the village before they returned to Texas.[2]