Battle of Palo Alto

Quando

8 de mai. de 1846

Tipo

Batalha

Coordenadas

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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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “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 4.0Página da fonte
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “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 4.0Página da fonte

• Mexican-American25 de abr. de 1846 · Guerra entre Estados · Mortes 19.283