Battle of Nogales (1913)

{{Short description|Incident during the Mexican Revolution}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = First Battle of Nogales

| partof = the Mexican Revolution

| image =

| caption = A side view of Nogales, Mexico and Nogales, Arizona in 1913 {{cite web | url=https://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/nogales-arizona-1913 | title=Nogales, Arizona, 1913 | Special Collections }}

| date = March 13, 1913{{cite web | url=http://tdasys.com/the_bengal_club/tbc_kosterlitzky.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505030507/http://tdasys.com/the_bengal_club/tbc_kosterlitzky.asp | archive-date=2006-05-05 | title=The Bengal Club: Emilio Kosterlitzky }}

| place = Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

| coordinates =

| result = Constitutionalist victory

| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Mexico_(1916-1934)_alternative_version.svg}} Constitutionalists

• Constitutional Army

| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Mexico_(1893-1916).svg}} Government

• Federal Army

| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Mexico_(1916-1934)_alternative_version.svg}} Alvaro Obregón

| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Mexico_(1893-1916).svg}} Emilio Kosterlitzky{{POW}}

| strength1 = ~2,000

| strength2 = ~400

| casualties1 = 6 killed
9 wounded

| casualties2 = 4 killed
5 wounded

| image_size =

}}

{{Campaignbox Mexican Revolution}}

The First Battle of Nogales, was a military confrontation between federal Mexican forces and rebel Constitutionalists during the Mexican Revolution.

The battle was fought at the border city of Nogales, Sonora on March 13, 1913. Rebel forces under General Alvaro Obregon attacked the federal garrison of about 400 infantry. Obregon's army included infantry, cavalry and at least one artillery piece. Fighting lasted for a few hours before the federal commander colonel Emilio Kosterlitzky was captured. The remaining federal troops retreated across the border and surrendered to the United States Army garrison of Nogales, Arizona. Captain Cornelius C. Smith relieved the federals of their weapons and they eventually found their way back to Mexico. Six rebels were killed in action and nine were wounded. The federals lost four men killed and five wounded, and Nogales, Sonora fell to the Constitutionalists.