Army of the Three Guarantees

Army of the Three Guarantees
Army of the Three Guarantees
Ejército Trigarante o Ejército de las Tres Garantías
Leaders
Army Commander	Agustín de Iturbide
Guerrilla Commander	Vicente Guerrero
Dates of operation	February 24, 1821
Group(s)	Mexican royalist troops; Mexican insurgent troops;
Ideology	Nationalism
Opponents	Spain; Royalists

At the end of the

Plan de Iguala

, which stated the three guarantees which it was meant to defend:
1.- Religion,
2.- Independence, and
3.- Unity.
Mexico was to be a

Catholic

empire, independent from Spain, and united against its enemies.

History

The Army of the Three Guarantees was created on February 24, 1821, and continued battling Spanish royalist forces which refused to accept Mexican independence. These battles continued until August 1821, when Iturbide and Spanish Viceroy

Mexico was declared independent

.

By that time, the Army of the Three Guarantees was composed of 7,616 infantrymen, 7,755 cavalry, and 763 artillery with 68 cannons.