Capture of Chihuahua (1865)
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| Capture of Chihuahua (1865) | |||||||
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| Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France French Empire | Mexico Mexican Republicans | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| France Augustin Henri × (WIA) | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 600 | 265 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 307 Killed | 165 Killed | ||||||
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The Capture of Chihuahua took place on 15 August 1865, during the Second French intervention in Mexico. General Augustin Brincourt Henri, with French troops under his command, took Chihuahua City in Chihuahua State, Mexico, from the Republicans on behalf of the Second Mexican Empire.[1]
References
- ↑ RIVA PALACIOS, Vicente (1940). México á través de los siglos: historia general y completa del desenvolvimiento social, político, religioso, militar, artístico, científico y literario de México desde a antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.
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