Battle of Puebla
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The Battle of Puebla, also known as the Battle of the Fifth of May took place on 5 May 1862, near Puebla de los Ángeles, during the second French intervention in Mexico. French troops under the comman
An image of Fort Guadalupe
The second French intervention in Mexico, also known as the Second Franco-Mexican War, was a military invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the French Empire of Napoleon III, purportedly to force the
Battle of Puebla
…also known as the Battle of the Fifth of May (Spanish: Batalla del Cinco de Mayo) took place on 5 May 1862, near Puebla de los Ángeles, during the second French intervention in Mexico. French troops under the command of Charles de Lorencez repeatedly failed to storm the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe situated on top of the hills…
Juan Prim, who was later Prime Minister of Spain
Entry of the French Expeditionary Force into Mexico City by Jean-Adolphe Beaucé, 1868
Bazaine welcomed to Guadalajara
Soldiers of the Imperial Mexican Army