Battle of Torreón
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The Battle of Torreón was a major engagement of the Mexican Revolution in 1913–1914, where revolutionary forces captured the strategic city of Torreón from federal troops, boosting the revolutionary cause.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Torreón (1914) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| conflictOf | Mexican Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | further Constitutionalist offensives against Huerta ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
Constitutionalist revolutionaries
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Federal government forces of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommander |
Francisco Villa
NERFINISHED
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Victoriano Huerta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
boosted revolutionary morale
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increased prestige of Francisco Villa ⓘ weakened federal control in northern Mexico ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1914 ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Coahuila
NERFINISHED
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Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Torreón NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | capture of Torreón by revolutionary forces ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Constitutionalist forces
NERFINISHED
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Federal Army of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResult | Constitutionalist victory ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
helped undermine the Huerta regime
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major victory for the revolutionary cause ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1913 ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance |
control of a key commercial and industrial center
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control of a major railway junction ⓘ |
| hasTheater | Northern Mexico ⓘ |
| hasType | urban warfare ⓘ |
| opposedBy | federal troops loyal to Victoriano Huerta ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern campaign of the Mexican Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier revolutionary advances in northern Mexico ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Constitutionalist revolutionary factions ⓘ |
| uses | railway lines for troop movements ⓘ |
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Battle of Torreón (1914)