List of battles of the French intervention in Mexico

Following is a List of battles of the French intervention in Mexico (1862–1867). The French intervention in Mexico was an invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the army of the Second French Empire in 1862. It resulted in the establishment of the Second Mexican Empire in 1864, which was supported by many conservative Mexicans, under the Austrian Maximilian I of Mexico. Although the Empire established control of the center of the country, the republicans held out in the North and South. With the end of the American Civil War, the USA lent its support to the republicans and put pressure on the French to withdraw in 1866. The Imperial forces fought on, but were defeated in a series of battles, with the republicans regaining control of the City of Mexico on 15 May 1867. Maximilian was captured and then executed on 19 June 1867.[1] History records show that there were all in all 1,020 minor or major battles and sieges in the intervention.[2]:348

Battles and Sieges

Battle of Puebla (5 May 1862)
Battle of Miahuatlán (3 October 1866)
Battle of La Carbonera (18 October 1866)
Name Start date End date Won by
Fall of Acapulco1864-06-031864-06-03French
Battle of Álamos1865-09-241865-09-24Local militants
Battle of Atlixco1862-05-041862-05-04Republicans
Battle of Bagdad1866-01-041866-01-04Republicans
Battle of Barranca Seca1862-05-181862-05-18French
Battle of Camarón1863-04-301863-04-30Republicans
Fall of Campeche1864-01-221864-01-22French
Battle of La Carbonera1866-10-181866-10-18Republicans
Battle of Cerro del Borrego1862-06-131862-06-13French
Battle of Chiapa de Corzo1863-10-211863-10-21Republicans
Fall of Chihuahua (1865)1865-08-151865-08-15Empire
Battle of Chihuahua (1866)1866-03-241866-03-24Republicans
Fall of the City of México (1863)1863-06-101863-06-10French
Fall of the City of México (1867)1867-04-121867-06-21Republicans
Fall of Colima1864-11-051864-11-05Empire
Battle of Cuauhtémoc1865-02-021865-02-02Empire
Fall of Durango1864-07-041864-07-04Empire
Battle of El Jahuactal1863-11-011863-11-01Republicans
Battle of El Rosario1865-04-271865-04-27Indecisive
Battle of Fortín1862-04-191862-04-19French
Fall of Guadalajara (1864)1864-01-051864-01-05French
Fall of Guadalajara (1867)1867-01-141867-01-14Republicans
Fall of Guanajuato1863-12-081863-12-08French
Battle of Guayabo1866-11-101866-11-10Republicans
Battle of Ixmiquilpan1865-09-251865-09-25Republicans
Battle of Jiquilpan1864-11-221864-11-22French
Fall of Jonuta (1863)1863-02-211863-02-21French
Siege of Jonuta (1866)1866-04-171866-04-17Republicans
Battle of Juchitán1866-09-051866-09-05Republicans
Battle of Las Cumbres1862-04-281862-04-28French
Battle of la Loma1865-07-161865-07-16Belgian
Battle of las Lomas de San Lorenzo1867-04-151867-04-15Republicans
Battle of Majoma1864-08-201864-08-20French
Battle of Mazatlán1864-03-261864-03-31Inconclusive
Fall of Matamoros1864-09-211864-09-21Empire
Battle of Miahuatlán1866-10-031866-10-03Republicans
Fall of Morelia1863-11-301863-11-30French
Battle of Nanahuatipam1864-08-101864-08-10Empire
Fall of Monterrey1864-08-291864-08-29Empire
Siege of Oaxaca1864-10-051864-10-30Republicans
Siege of Oaxaca1864-10-301865-02-08French
Siege of Oaxaca (1867)1867-00-001867-03-16Republicans
Battle of Parral (1865)1865-08-081865-08-08Republicans
Battle of Puebla1862-05-051862-05-05Republicans
Siege of Puebla (1863)1863-03-161863-05-17French
Fall of Puebla (1867)1867-04-021867-04-02Republicans
Siege of Querétaro1867-03-061867-05-15Republicans
Battle of San Jacinto (1867)1867-02-011867-02-01Republicans
Fall of San Juan Bautista1864-02-271864-02-27Republicans
Battle of San Lorenzo1863-05-081863-05-08French
Battle of San Pablo del Monte1863-05-051863-05-05French
Battle of San Pedro1864-12-221864-12-22Republicans
Battle of Santa Gertrudis1866-06-161866-06-16Republicans
Battle of Santa Isabel1866-03-011866-03-01Republicans
Battle of Tacámbaro1865-04-111865-04-11Republicans
Battle of Tampico1863-01-191863-01-19Republicans
Battle of Totoapan1864-10-181864-10-18Republicans
Battle of Villa de Álvarez1867-01-291867-01-29Republicans

References

  1. Haslip, Joan (1971). Imperial Adventurer - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. ISBN 0-297-00363-1.
  2. Hubert Howe Bancroft; William Nemos; Thomas Savage; Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1888). History of Mexico Vol VI. (1861-1887). San Francisco, United States: The History company. ISBN 9781147416466. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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