Battle of Chapultepec

When

12 Sep 1847 – 13 Sep 1847

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

19.42° N, 99.18° W

Description

1847 battle of the Mexican–American War

1847 battle of the Mexican–American War

The Battle of Chapultepec took place between U.S. troops and Mexican forces holding the strategically located Chapultepec Castle on the outskirts of Mexico City on September 13, 1847 during the Mexican–American War. The castle was built atop a 200-foot (61 m) hill in 1783, and in 1833 it was converted into a military academy and a gunpowder storage facility. The hill was surrounded by a wall 1,600 yards long.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Mexikanisch-Amerikanischen Krieg besetzen die Truppen der Vereinigten Staaten unter Winfield Scott einen Tag nach der siegreichen Schlacht von Chapultepec…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de la colline de Chapultepec, au Sud-Ouest de Mexico, par les troupes des États-Unis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En México, durante la invasión estadounidense, se libra la batalla de Chapultepec, en las inmediaciones de Ciudad de México, donde había un Colegio Militar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Mexican-American25 Apr 1846 · Interstate war · Deaths 19,283