Battle of Palo Alto

When

8 May 1846

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

26.02° N, 97.47° W

Description

1846 battle of the Mexican-American War

Major battle of the Mexican-American War

The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major battle of the Mexican–American War and was fought on May 8, 1846, on disputed ground five miles (8 km) from the modern-day city of Brownsville, Texas. A force of some 3,700 Mexican troops – most of the Army of The North – led by General Mariano Arista engaged a force of approximately 2,300 United States troops – the Army of Occupation led by General Zachary Taylor.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение при Пало-Альто, первое сражение американо-мексиканской войны”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cerca de Brownsville, Texas, se produce el primer enfrentamiento bélico entre las fuerzas mexicanas del general Mariano Arista y las fuerzas estadounidenses…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “米墨戦争：テイラー将軍率いる米軍がパロ・アルトの戦いでメキシコ軍を撃破。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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