Battle of Las Cumbres
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Battle of Las Cumbres | |||||||
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Part of the French intervention in Mexico | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Second Federal Republic of Mexico | Second French Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ignacio Zaragoza | Charles de Lorencez | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4,000 soldiers | 6,000 soldiers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
50 killed, 2 guns | 2 killed, 32 wounded |
The Battle of Las Cumbres was a skirmish at the Acultzingo Pass between the French invasion force under Charles de Lorencez and Mexican republican forces under Ignacio Zaragoza. Despite holding the high ground, Zaragoza was not willing to risk his forces by engaging the French Army in the open. As the French troops seized the first line of Mexican entrenchments, Zaragoza withdrew his forces to their stronghold of Puebla.