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You can help Wikipedia by removing peacock terms or finding content which backs the claims. | | Battle of Puebla | | Part of the French intervention in Mexico |
Depictions of the battle showing Mexican cavalry overwhelming the French troops below the fort at Loreto. Note there are no machete wielding civilians, as some accounts have it. | | | | Belligerents |
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 Second French Empire | | Commanders | | Ignacio Zaragoza | Charles de Lorencez | | Strength | | 4,500 soldiers, mostly veterans of the Reform Wars 1857-1860, include Zappadores, Infantry, Cavalry and 18 guns in 3 batteries of artillery. (Civilian forces not substantiated) | 6,040 soldiers, includes Chasseurs à Pied, Chasseurs de Vincennes, Chasseurs d'Afrique, 99th Infantry, 2nd Zouaves, Marine, Naval Infantry, and 12 guns Artillery, 6 guns Mountain Howitzer | | Casualties and losses | | 83 dead, 131 wounded, 12 MIA | 462 dead, more than 300 wounded, 8 captured | The Battle of Puebla took place on May 5, 1862 near the city of Puebla during the French intervention in Mexico. The battle ended in a victory for the Mexican Army against the French occupational forces. The victory is celebrated today during the festivities of Cinco de Mayo (5th of May). In the United States, a common misconception is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's independence day. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
Belligerents Second French Empire Second Mexican Empire United Mexican States and some Latin American Allies Strength 38,493 French soldiers, 7,000 Austro-Hungarian volunteers, 2,000 Belgian volunteers ~80,000 Casualties and losses 6,654 French killed and wounded 12,000 Mexican killed and wounded Emperor Maximilian I of...
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Nickname: Location of Puebla in central Mexico Coordinates: Country Mexico State Puebla Founded 1531 Government - Mayor Enrique Doger (PRI) Area - City 546 km² (211 sq mi) Elevation 2,175 m (7,136 ft) Population (2005) - City 1,485,941 - Density 5,741/km² (14,869. ...
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Ignacio Zaragoza Ignacio Zaragoza SeguÃn (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a general in the Mexican Army, best known for his 1862 victory against the French invading forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5 (the Cinco de Mayo). ...
Charles Ferdinand Latrille comte de Lorencez (May 23, 1814 - July 16, 1892) was a French Army officer during the 19th century. ...
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The city of Puebla – known more formally as Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza or less formally as La Angelópolis or Puebla de los Ángeles – is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name, and the fourth largest city in Mexico. ...
Belligerents Second French Empire Second Mexican Empire United Mexican States and some Latin American Allies Strength 38,493 French soldiers, 7,000 Austro-Hungarian volunteers, 2,000 Belgian volunteers ~80,000 Casualties and losses 6,654 French killed and wounded 12,000 Mexican killed and wounded Emperor Maximilian I of...
Cinco de Mayo (5th of May in English) is primarily a regional and not an obligatory federal holiday in Mexico. ...
Background
In late 1861 Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, sent troops to Mexico, alongside Spanish forces, to collect debts owed by a previous Mexican government. President Juárez]] had announced the annulment of these debts, and vowed to pay nothing to European powers. Napoleon’s troops occupied the port city of Veracruz on December 8, 1861. Soon thereafter, the British and Spanish forces returned home, having established a truce with Mexico. This article is about the President of the French Republic and Emperor of the French. ...
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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | The Battle of Puebla was an important victory of the Mexican people over the occupying French Army. The battle was a single high-point moral victory. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
The French Army at the time was led by General Charles de Lorencez. The battle came about through a misunderstanding of the French forces’ agreement to withdraw to the coast before resuming hostilities. When the Mexican people saw these French soldiers wandering about with rifles, they took it that hostilities had recommenced. They were of the understanding that there were not to be any able-bodied men left behind. The whole matter came to a boil when it was discovered that political negotiations for the withdrawal had broken down. The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre (Army of the land), is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and the largest. ...
Charles Ferdinand Latrille comte de Lorencez (May 23, 1814 - July 16, 1892) was a French Army officer during the 19th century. ...
A vehement complaint was lodged by the Mexicans to General Lorencez who took the effrontery as a plan to assail his forces. Lorencez decided to hold up his withdrawal to the coast by occupying Orizaba instead, which prevented the Mexicans from being able to defend the passes between Orizaba and the landing port of Veracruz. The 33 year old Mexican Commander General, Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, fell back to Alcuzingo Pass, where he and his army were badly beaten in a skirmish with Lorencez’s forces on April 28. Zaragoza retreated to Puebla, which was heavily fortified. Puebla had been held by the Mexican government since the Wars of Reform in 1860. To its north lie the forts Loreto and Guadalupe on opposite hilltops. Zaragoza had a trench dug to join the forts via the saddle. Ignacio Zaragoza Ignacio Zaragoza SeguÃn (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a general in the Mexican Army, best known for his 1862 victory against the French invading forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5 (the Cinco de Mayo). ...
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Lorencez was led to believe that the people of Puebla were friendly to the French, and that the Mexican Republican garrison which kept the people in line would be overrun by the population once he made a show of force. This would prove to be a serious miscalculation on Lorencez's part. On May 5, against all advice, Lorencez decided to attack Puebla from the north. Unfortunately, he started his attack a little too late in the day, using his artillery just before noon and by noon advancing his infantry. By the third attack the French required the full engagement of all its reserves. Unfortunately the French artillery had run out of ammunition, so the third infantry attack went unsupported. The Mexican forces and the Republican Garrison both put up a stout defense and even took to the field to defend the positions between the hilltop forts. is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
 As the French retreated from their final assault, Zaragoza had his cavalry attack them from the right and left while troops concealed along the road pivoted out to flank them badly. By 3 p.m. the daily rains had started, making a slippery quagmire of the battlefield. Lorencez withdrew to distant positions, counting 462 of his men killed against only 83 of the Mexicans. He waited a couple of days for Zaragoza to attack again, but Zaragoza held his ground. Lorencez then completely withdrew to Orizaba. The political repercussions were overwhelming, as the outnumbered Mexicans used what courage and determination they could to repel the French forces. The legendary battle had created a Mexican moral victory which is celebrated today as Cinco de Mayo. Image File history File links Puebla_map. ...
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Unsubstantiated accounts A story of the French being deliberately trampled by a herd of cattle is unsubstantiated.
Follow up On September 16, 1862, President Juárez declared that the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla would be a national holiday, regarded as "Battle of Puebla Day" or just Cinco de Mayo. Although it is recognized as a day of celebration, nowadays it is not a federal holiday in Mexico. Fuerte Guadalupe, one of the forts were the Cinco de Mayo battle happened Samboy took this picture in the summer of 2002, and releases it under the GFDL. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Fuerte Guadalupe, one of the forts were the Cinco de Mayo battle happened Samboy took this picture in the summer of 2002, and releases it under the GFDL. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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On May 11 Maximilian resolved to attempt an escape through the enemy lines. He was, however, intercepted before he could carry out this plan on May 15 and, following a court-martial, was sentenced to death. Many of the crowned heads of Europe and other prominent figures (including Victor Hugo and Giuseppe Garibaldi) sent telegrams and letters to Mexico pleading for Maximilian's life to be spared, but Juárez refused to commute the sentence, believing that it was necessary to send a message that Mexico would not tolerate any government imposed by foreign powers.
Maximilian was executed on June 19 (along with his generals Miguel Miramón and Tomás Mejía) on the Cerro de las Campanas, a hill on the outskirts of Querétaro, by the forces loyal to President Benito Juárez, who had kept the federal government functioning during the French intervention. Juárez's position was further strengthened when the United States deployed troops to the Rio Grande, and threatened an invasion. Mexico City surrendered the day after Maximilian was executed. Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo (November 17, 1831 – June 19, 1867) was a Mexican conservative general and Mexicos youngest president ever. ...
Tomás MejÃa (September 17, 1820) - June 19, 1867) was a Mexican soldier. ...
The republic was restored, President Juárez was returned to power in the national capital, and the 1857 Constitution of Mexico once again was unchallenged supreme charter of the country. Among other things, the constitution confiscated the vast landholdings of the Catholic church (which had been acting as landlord over half the country), established civil marriages, and forbade the participation of priests in politics (the separation of Church and State). The 1857 Constitution was a liberal constitution drafted in Mexico during the presidency of Ignacio Comonfort and vice-presidency of Benito Juárez. ...
Constantines Conversion, depicting the conversion of Emperor Constantine the Great to Christianity, by Peter Paul Rubens. ...
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