Battle of Puebla

When

5 May 1862

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

19.05° N, 98.21° W

Description

1862 part of the French intervention in Mexico

Part of the French intervention in Mexico

The Battle of Puebla, also known as the Battle of the Fifth of May took place on 5 May 1862, near Puebla de los Ángeles, during the second French intervention in Mexico. French troops under the command of Charles de Lorencez repeatedly failed to storm the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe situated on top of the hills overlooking the city of Puebla, and eventually retreated to Orizaba in order to await reinforcements.

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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 “Second French intervention in Mexico: Battle of Puebla – Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza defeats the French Army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein von Kaiser Napoleon III. entsandtes französisches Armeekorps unter General Lorencez wird in der Schlacht bei Puebla von der mexikanischen Armee unter dem…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “première bataille de Puebla, les Français sont mis en échec par le général mexicain Zaragoza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в ходе Франко-Мексиканской войны произошла Битва при Пуэбле, выигранная мексиканской Восточной армией под командованием Игнасио Сарагосы”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Puebla (México), el ejército mexicano a cargo de Ignacio Zaragoza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “メキシコ出兵: プエブラの会戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Franco-Mexican16 Apr 1862 · Interstate war · Deaths 20,000