Ignacio Zaragoza
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Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín was a Mexican military officer and politician. He is best known for leading a Mexican army of 3,791 men which defeated a 5,730-strong force of French troops at the battle of Pu
Zaragoza c. 1850
House where General Zaragoza was born in Bahía del Espíritu Santo in what is now Goliad, Texas
General Antonio López de Santa Anna
General Zaragoza
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
Ignacio Zaragoza
…known for leading a Mexican army of 3,791 men which defeated a 5,730-strong force of French troops at the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 during the second French intervention in Mexico. The Mexican victory is celebrated annually as Cinco de Mayo. Zaragoza was born in the Mexican province of Texas, in the village of Bahía del Espíritu…
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