Battle of Ojinaga

Battle of Ojinaga
	Part of the Mexican Revolution
	; Pancho Villa and Siete Leguas in front of their Dorados
Date	10–11 January 1914
Location	Ojinaga, Chihuahua29°33′0″N 104°24′0″W
Result	Revolutionary victory
Belligerents
Constitutionalists División del Norte;	Government Federal Army;
Commanders and leaders
Pancho Villa	Salvador Mercado
Strength
5,500	4,500
Casualties and losses
35	3,500

The Battle of Ojinaga, also known as the Taking of Ojinaga, was one of the battles of the Mexican Revolution and was fought on January 11, 1914. The conflict put an end to the last stronghold of the Federal Army in Northern Mexico.

After the rebel Generals Toribio Ortega Ramírez and Pánfilo Natera García could not finish the place off, Pancho Villa arrived in Ojinaga with a large army, thus displacing the forces of Salvador Mercado from the city. The bodies had to be burned to prevent a typhus epidemic.

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