Capitulation of Gualcince
| Capitulation of Gualcince | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Mexican annexation of El Salvador and Filísola's campaign in El Salvador | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Mexican Empire |
 El Salvador | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Vicente Filísola |
Manuel Arce  Mariano Prado Rafael Castillo Feliciano Viviani | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200 | 800 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | None | ||||||
The Capitulation of Gualcince occurred during the Mexican annexation of El Salvador, on February 21, 1823, when Vicente Filísola after occupying San Salvador continued with a division and forced him to surrender his weapons and surrender.
Background
[edit]Before the fall of San Salvador, the army evacuated the city, under the command of Colonel Antonio José Cañas; General Manuel José Arce was carried in a bunk, due to his serious illness. In the city of Olocuilta, the Salvadoran Army organizes and forms a War Junta, which decided to go to the city of Granada to help the anti-imperialists, gave command of the troop Colonel Antonio José Cañas, appointing Colonel Feliciano Viviani as Second Chief; they evacuated the city and went to Honduras through Zacatecoluca.[3]
The capitulation
[edit]After Vicente Filísola captured San Salvador he continued with a division after the Salvadoran force under the command of Antonio José Cañas, Rafael Castillo and Mariano Prado after a short combat the Salvadorans were forced to surrender and capitulate to the Mexicans in the Town of Gualcince.[4][5] There Filísola not only issued and officers who wanted to leave the province in this way ended the war with El Salvador.[6]
Aftermath
[edit]Arce went to the United States of the North, and from the British establishment of Belize he wrote to Filisola thanking him for his human and generous behavior; but without denying by his expressions the firmness and dignity of his character Delgado remained in a hacienda.
On March 6 the Brigadier Vicente Filísola appoints Colonel Felipe Codallos, Mayor and Governor of the province of El Salvador, and leaves for Guatemala.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Montúfar, Manuel (1853). "Memorias para la historia de la revolución de Centro-América".
- ^ Marure, Alejandro (1895). Efemérides de los hechos notables acaecidos en la República de Centro-América Desde el año de 1821 hasta el de 1842. Universidad Francisco Marroquín Biblioteca Ludwig von Mises. Tipografía Nacional.
- ^ a b Monterey, Francisco J. (1996). Historia de El Salvador: 1810-1842 (in Spanish). Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de El Salvador.
- ^ Vidal, Manuel (1969). Nociones de historia de Centro América: especial para El Salvador (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Dirección General de Cultura, Dirección de Publicaciones.
- ^ Meléndez Chaverri, Carlos (2000). José Matías Delgado, prócer centroamericano. Internet Archive. San Salvador : Dirección de Publicaciones e Impresos, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y el Arte. ISBN 978-99923-0-057-2.
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (30 May 2024). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. History of Central America: Vol. VIII. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-385-48587-7.