The Battle of Ambos Nogales or in lit terms, the Battle of both Nogales, or the third battle of nogales was a battle fought on august 27th 1918 between the united states army, who were stationed in Nogales, Arizona and a group of German military advisors. August 27, 1918, an "accidental" shooting erupted out when a mexican citizan crossed the border to get back into mexico did not stop to be interrogated by the U.S. customs house. The shooting started because when the mexican did not stop when ordered by the US customs officier, the officers chased the mexican man with guns in hand to get him to stop. at that time a mexican officer saw the chase and began firing at the customs officers killing one istantly, when the officers realised what happened they turned and shot the mexican officer and thats when people from both sides came rushing in.
while being shot at from everywhere the US calvery and several other soldiers started to cross the border through buildings and streets of Nogales, Sonora up onto some hilltops. Some Arizona citizens aided in the battle by staying on the american side while firing at the mexicans from their house windows. in the midest of battle, Lt. Colonel Herman glanced on the mexican side and saw that the mexicans were waving around a large white flag telling the americans that they are surrendering, when he realised what they were doing he ordered his men to cease fire. Since the battle began as an accidental shooting and not a shot to intentionally kill someone, the whole situation was able to be resolved.
i thought this was really cool because i would have never guessed that it would be an accidental war instead of having being started with the thought of an accutal war.
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