Bandit War

Bandit War
Part of the Border War, Mexican Revolution
Date July 4, 1915 – August 23, 1919[1] (4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days) Location Texas, United States Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Seditionistas Carrancistas
Commanders and leaders
Frederick Funston	Basilio Ramos Luis de la Rosca Aniceto Pizana Natividad Álvarez Rodríguez Ramírez
Casualties and losses
Unknown	300
Civilians: Unknown but believed to be above 350

The Bandit War, or Bandit Wars, was a series of raids in Texas that started in 1915 and finally culminated in 1919. They were carried out by Mexican rebels from the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Chihuahua. Prior to 1914, the Carrancistas had been responsible for most attacks along the border, but in January 1915, rebels known as Seditionistas drafted the Plan of San Diego and began launching their own raids. The plan called for a race war to rid the American border states of their Anglo-American population and for the annexation of the border states to Mexico^{[citation needed]}. However, the Seditionistas could never launch a full-scale invasion of the United States and so the faction resorted to conducting small raids into Texas. Much of the fighting involved the Texas Ranger Division, but the US Army also engaged in small unit actions with bands of Seditionist raiders.