Battle of Azcapotzalco
Battle of Azcapotzalco | |||||||
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Part of Mexican War of Independence | |||||||
Memorial of the Battle in Azcapotzalco | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Trigarante Army | Spanish Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Luis Quintanar Anastasio Bustamante | Manuel de la Concha | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
16,000 | 3,000 |
The Battle of Azcapotzalco, (Spanish: Batalla de Azcapotzalco), was fought on August 19, 1821, in the town of
Prelude
By August 1821, The
Battle
Before the battle Agustín de Iturbide went to
The insurgents retired to Azcapotzalco, sending troops to the Hacienda of Careaga. General Concha followed and tried to force them to face him in Azcapotzalco. When the royalist forces arrived, the insurgent forces attacked them in the vestibule and the ceilings of the Convent of the Dominicos. The combat continued until 11 am and stopped when the insurgent ammunition ran out.
Anastasio Bustamante ordered a cannon placed at the entrance of the town but it was unfruitful and he decided to retreat. The famous insurgent soldier Encarnación Ortiz also known as El Pachondo tried to rescue the artillery but was shot and killed. The act inflamed the insurgents who assaulted the vestibule, facing the royalist forces hand-to-hand, defeating them and forcing them to flee to the Rosario Bridge.[1][2]
Aftermath
The victory by the insurgent forces of the Army of the Three Guarantees forced the royalists to leave the Haciendas of Clavería, Tacuba, Popotla and San Jacinto. Days later independence was granted. The victory of the insurgents in the last battle of the war cleared the way to Mexico City which was finally taken by the insurgents on 27 September 1821, ending the long Mexican War of Independence.
Notes
- King of Spainand a provincial council. In the Mexican history the five political chiefs of New Spain are also known as Viceroys.
Bibliography
- Cosio Villegas, Daniel (1880). "Historia General de Mexico 1". Historia General de Mexico (in Spanish). Vol. III. México: Ballescá y compañía.
- Zárate, Julio (1976). "La Guerra de Independencia". In Vicente Riva Palacio (ed.). México a través de los siglos (in Spanish). Vol. I. México: El Colegio de Mexico. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
References
- ^ Zárate, 1880; 742-743
- ^ "Recuerdan la última batalla por la Independencia de México en Azcapotzalco" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 22, 2011.