page_title: April 1916
section_title: April 12, 1916 (Wednesday)
hierarchical_section_title: April 1916 / April 12, 1916 (Wednesday)
caption_attribution_description: English: Men of the United States Army 13th Cavalry Regiment waiting for a train at Columbus, New Mexico, around March 10, 1916, to load the coffins of the soldiers killed in the raid.
context_page_description: The following events occurred in April 1916:
context_section_description: Battle of Parral – The 13th Cavalry Regiment under command of Major Frank Tompkins fought soldiers loyal to Venustiano Carranza at Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. The U.S. Cavalry unit of 150 men was in the country on the hunt for Pancho Villa following his raid on Columbus, New Mexico when it encountered the Mexican cavalry force of 550 men. The skirmish resulted in an estimated 45 Mexican deaths and five American deaths before reinforcement forced the Mexicans to retreat. The battle marked the furthest U.S. forces to move into Mexico.
  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition – Expedition leader Ernest Shackleton chose the three lifeboats the party used to cross open water in the Weddell Sea to head for Hope Bay, located at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
  Born: Beverly Cleary, American children's writer, author of Ramona and Her Mother and Dear Mr. Henshaw, in McMinnville, Oregon; Benjamin Libet, American psychologist, leading researcher in the field of human consciousness, in Chicago (d. 2007)
  Born: John Verdun Newton, Australian politician and air force officer, member of the Royal Australian Air Force and elected member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for 55 days before being killed in action during World War II, in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia (d. 1944); Martin Becker, German bomber fighter pilot, member of the night fighter squadron for the Luftwaffe during World War II, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 2006)
caption: Men of the 13th Cavalry Regiment at a train station in Columbus, New Mexico en route to Mexico for the Pancho Villa Expedition.
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