Word: fizzler
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Chihuahua, across the Rio Grande from El Paso and San Antonio, revolt did break out on Independence Day, but it was a fizzler, not a firecracker. Lieut. Colonel Cruz Villalba, defeated Almazanista candidate for Governor, led "between 100 and 700" men into the hills in what the Government described as "a hostile attitude." The Government paid little attention at first, but two days later admitted that a large Federal force under General Antonio Guerrero had taken the field against the rebels. So rugged is the State of Chihuahua that a few well-armed men can carry on guerrilla warfare against...