Mexican Revolution so short a time would not occur with volunteers, and the army resorted to the "leva", forced conscription. The revolutionary forces had no problem with voluntary recruitment. Most Mexican men avoided government conscription at all cost and the ones dragooned into the forces were sent to areas far away from home and were reluctant to fight. Conscripts deserted, mutinied, and attacked and murdered their officers. In April 1914, U.S. opposition to Huerta culminated in the seizure and occupation of the port of Veracruz by U.S. marines and sailors. Initially intended, in part, to prevent a German merchant vessel from delivering
Timeline of the war in Donbass (April–June 2017) marines strong points near Vodiane and Shyrokyne. Ukrainian forces around Novotroitske received sniper fire. Small arms fire was used by rebel troops against Bohdanivka, Pavlopil and Hranitne. In the northern section of the demarcation line, rebel forces shelled Krymske with 73 mm antitank recoilless rifles, and fired small arms at Ukrainian troops in Lobacheve. Later in the evening, pro-Russian sources reported heavy fighting involving armoured vehicles and artillery around Donetsk city and Horlivka. According to the information provided by the spokesman of the Ukrainian operational headquarters in the morning, pro-Russian troops had opened fire on 54 occasions on Ukrainian positions