Day of Dead art, specifically the use of calaveras as a way of burlesquing persons and institutions which were normally protected by censorship laws is a...
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ciceropig
Oct 26, 2004 12:36 am
In a website on Pancho Villa it was stated that Villa would have won the battle of Celaya if "Americans had not treacherously sold him bad ammo".I have...
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RON K VAUGHAN
ronvaughan93274
Oct 26, 2004 3:47 am
Re: Battle of Celaya 1. Eisenhower's "Intervention" mentions Villa's artillery using mostly "home-made" shells, rather than US imports. Which is true? 2....
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E Bryant Holman
bryanth798
Oct 26, 2004 4:10 am
<< 4. It seems obvious that Villa's suicidal cavalry charges vs trnches, barbed-wire, & MGs had much more to do with his defeat than "bad ammo". It seems...
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Gerald Raun
gerald_raun
Oct 27, 2004 2:01 pm
For a very thorough analysis of Mexican cavalry tactics and a very clear picture of what happened at Torreón, Celaya, etc. read Jeffrey M. Pilcher, 1996,...
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RON K VAUGHAN
ronvaughan93274
Oct 28, 2004 2:37 am
I am a neophite to the study of the Mexican Rev. Thanks for the tip the McLynn's book is flawed. I got it via Amazon.com. The cavalry charges are also...
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ciceropig
Oct 28, 2004 5:55 pm
Friedrich Katz refers to Villa's cavlary charges at Celaya several times as do all the other books I have access to. The internet of course is riddled with...
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E Bryant Holman
bryanth798
Oct 28, 2004 6:11 pm
The "problem" is that there were no first hand reports. All of the reports that surfaced were generated by none other than Obregon himself, acting as sort of...
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puffFlower@...
skyburnab
Oct 28, 2004 7:14 pm
remove this address from your group...
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E Bryant Holman
bryanth798
Oct 29, 2004 3:01 am
To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: MexicanRevolution-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com ... From: puffFlower@... To:...
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Juan Garza
ab322rgfn
Oct 29, 2004 4:05 pm
Mr. Holman, you are correct in your analysis. "The ammunition was defective", Do you know who sold him the ammo? thanks E Bryant Holman...
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E Bryant Holman
bryanth798
Oct 29, 2004 4:17 pm
I have heard the man's name mentioned a lot of times, but I don't remember it right now. There was a group of Jewish arms dealers operating out of El Paso who...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Oct 30, 2004 3:48 am
I was traveling and by coincidence turned on the tv in the hotel room and some movie of General Villa was showing - fairly recent film. The story was about...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Oct 30, 2004 3:49 am
I am reading the postings and have been searching for my reference - it seems I remember having read in one of my books that Obregon had been not only supplied...
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Cary Hocker
cary_hocker
Oct 30, 2004 5:03 pm
Sounds like HBO's "And starring Pancho Villa as himself..." starring Antonio Banderas. Neat movie (not vouching for it's accuracy, however) Cary Hocker ... ...
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efdominguez@...
juanlopez694
Nov 1, 2004 2:17 am
Here are my 2 cents (long post) regarding the so called "Battle of Celaya"… Most likely what everybody is referring to is actually the series of battles that...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Nov 1, 2004 5:17 am
In a message dated 10/31/04 7:18:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time, efdominguez@... writes: Obregón receives reinforcements from Carranza; trains ...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Nov 1, 2004 5:17 am
In a message dated 10/31/04 7:18:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time, efdominguez@... writes: January 7th, El Paso Texas. Villa holds a meeting with...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Nov 1, 2004 5:18 am
In a message dated 10/31/04 7:18:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time, efdominguez@... writes: Obregón receives reinforcements from Carranza; trains ...
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E Bryant Holman
bryanth798
Nov 1, 2004 5:23 am
The Americans occupied Veracruz, and then they left and the left behind a warehouse full of military supplies for Obregon and Carranza to use ... From:...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Nov 1, 2004 2:10 pm
Hopefully I'll be visiting Columbus, NM soon - I have not been to the museum there yet. I want to look around the court house in Demming for the court records...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Nov 1, 2004 2:11 pm
Can you supply me with a documented source on the fact they left ammunition? That's an extraordinarily critical piece of the puzzle to get the complete picture...
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kenneth simon
fpo09501
Nov 1, 2004 2:34 pm
Por favor, if they have any post cards, mail me one of each and let me know the cost and I'll send you reimbursement...Muchas gracias. Atto YSSS, Ken...
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Gerald Raun
gerald_raun
Nov 1, 2004 3:53 pm
... let me know the cost and I'll send you reimbursement...Muchas gracias. ... USA/EEUU ... to the museum there yet. I want to look around the court house in...
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E Bryant Holman
bryanth798
Nov 1, 2004 3:53 pm
I heard this is a personal conversation with Dr. Ruben Osorio, and I am sure that the documentation exists, because much of what he was telling me at the time...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Nov 2, 2004 2:44 am
In a message dated 11/1/04 8:56:35 AM US Mountain Standard Time, bryanth@... writes: there were the editorial policies of the journals they were...
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Cigarro2@...
qe12003
Nov 2, 2004 2:44 am
I will be glad to forward any postcards to you - day noddah......
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kenneth simon
fpo09501
Nov 2, 2004 2:49 pm
Muchas gracias, amigo! el Simon (Ej. del S) Cigarro2@... wrote:I will be glad to forward any postcards to you - day noddah... Villa and Zapata LARGE...
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Gerald Raun
gerald_raun
Nov 3, 2004 2:26 am
For the past 6 years I have been working on what started out to be a bibliography of the Mexican Revolution but which took on a life of its own. Presently...
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E Bryant Holman
bryanth798
Nov 3, 2004 2:55 am
That is great! Osorio is the one who told me a lot about what I know about the Battle of Ceyala, and as you are no doubt aware, the story of the "parque malo"...
