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 San Pablo del Monte (5 May 1863)
Battle of Miahuatlán (3 October 1866)
Battle of La Carbonera (18 October 1866)
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian by Édouard Manet
| Name | Start date | End date | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall of Acapulco | 1864-06-03 | 1864-06-03 | French |
| Battle of Álamos | 1865-09-24 | 1865-09-24 | Local militants |
| Battle of Atlixco | 1862-05-04 | 1862-05-04 | Republicans |
| Battle of Bagdad | 1866-01-04 | 1866-01-04 | Republicans |
| Battle of Barranca Seca | 1862-05-18 | 1862-05-18 | French |
| Battle of Camarón | 1863-04-30 | 1863-04-30 | Republicans |
| Fall of Campeche | 1864-01-22 | 1864-01-22 | French |
| Battle of La Carbonera | 1866-10-18 | 1866-10-18 | Republicans |
| Battle of Cerro del Borrego | 1862-06-13 | 1862-06-13 | French |
| Battle of Chiapa de Corzo | 1863-10-21 | 1863-10-21 | Republicans |
| Fall of Chihuahua (1865) | 1865-08-15 | 1865-08-15 | Empire |
| Battle of Chihuahua (1866) | 1866-03-24 | 1866-03-24 | Republicans |
| Fall of the City of México (1863) | 1863-06-10 | 1863-06-10 | French |
| Fall of the City of México (1867) | 1867-04-12 | 1867-06-21 | Republicans |
| Fall of Colima | 1864-11-05 | 1864-11-05 | Empire |
| Battle of Cuauhtémoc | 1865-02-02 | 1865-02-02 | Empire |
| Fall of Durango | 1864-07-04 | 1864-07-04 | Empire |
| Battle of El Jahuactal | 1863-11-01 | 1863-11-01 | Republicans |
| Battle of El Rosario | 1865-04-27 | 1865-04-27 | Indecisive |
| Battle of Fortín | 1862-04-19 | 1862-04-19 | French |
| Fall of Guadalajara (1864) | 1864-01-05 | 1864-01-05 | French |
| Fall of Guadalajara (1867) | 1867-01-14 | 1867-01-14 | Republicans |
| Fall of Guanajuato | 1863-12-08 | 1863-12-08 | French |
| Battle of Guayabo | 1866-11-10 | 1866-11-10 | Republicans |
| Battle of Ixmiquilpan | 1865-09-25 | 1865-09-25 | Republicans |
| Battle of Jiquilpan | 1864-11-22 | 1864-11-22 | Empire |
| Fall of Jonuta (1863) | 1863-02-21 | 1863-02-21 | French |
| Siege of Jonuta (1866) | 1866-04-17 | 1866-04-17 | Republicans |
| Battle of Juchitán | 1866-09-05 | 1866-09-05 | Republicans |
| Battle of Las Cumbres | 1862-04-28 | 1862-04-28 | Republicans |
| Battle of la Loma | 1865-07-16 | 1865-07-16 | Belgian |
| Battle of las Lomas de San Lorenzo | 1867-04-15 | 1867-04-15 | Republicans |
| Battle of Majoma | 1864-08-20 | 1864-08-20 | Empire |
| Battle of Mazatlán | 1864-03-26 | 1864-03-31 | Inconclusive |
| Fall of Matamoros | 1864-09-21 | 1864-09-21 | Empire |
| Battle of Miahuatlán | 1866-10-03 | 1866-10-03 | Republicans |
| Fall of Morelia | 1863-11-30 | 1863-11-30 | French |
| Battle of Nanahuatipam | 1864-08-10 | 1864-08-10 | Empire |
| Fall of Monterrey | 1864-08-29 | 1864-08-29 | Empire |
| Siege of Oaxaca (1865) | Empire | ||
| Siege of Oaxaca (1867) | 1867-03-16 | Republicans | |
| Battle of Parral (1865) | 1865-08-08 | 1865-08-08 | Republicans |
| Battle of Puebla | 1862-05-05 | 1862-05-05 | Republicans |
| Siege of Puebla (1863) | 1863-03-16 | 1863-05-17 | French |
| Fall of Puebla (1867) | 1867-04-02 | 1867-04-02 | Republicans |
| Siege of Querétaro | 1867-03-06 | 1867-05-15 | Republicans |
| Battle of San Jacinto (1867) | 1867-02-01 | 1867-02-01 | Republicans |
| Fall of San Juan Bautista | 1864-02-27 | 1864-02-27 | Republicans |
| Battle of San Lorenzo | 1863-05-08 | 1863-05-08 | French |
| Battle of San Pablo del Monte | 1863-05-05 | 1863-05-05 | French |
| Battle of San Pedro | 1864-12-22 | 1864-12-22 | Republicans |
| Battle of Santa Gertrudis | 1866-06-16 | 1866-06-16 | Republicans |
| Battle of Santa Isabel | 1866-03-01 | 1866-03-01 | Republicans |
| Battle of Tacámbaro | 1865-04-11 | 1865-04-11 | Republicans |
| Battle of Tampico | 1863-01-19 | 1863-01-19 | Republicans |
| Battle of Totoapan | 1864-10-18 | 1864-10-18 | Republicans |
| Battle of Villa de Álvarez | 1867-01-29 | 1867-01-29 | Republicans |
References[]
- ↑ Haslip, Joan (1971). Imperial Adventurer - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. ISBN 0-297-00363-1.
- ↑ 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. http://archive.org/details/historyofmexico14bancrich. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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