Battle of Fortín
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Battle of Fortín | |||||||
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Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico | |||||||
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Second Federal Republic of Mexico | Second French Empire | ||||||
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Felipe Díaz Mori |
The Battle of Fortín was fought on April 19, 1862 in the Mexican state of Veracruz between the French invasion force and Mexican republican forces led by Felipe Díaz Mori (1833–1872). The battle ended in a French victory.
References
RIVA PALACIO, 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 an antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.