Battle of Barranca Seca

Battle of Barranca Seca
Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico

Contemporary illustration of the Battle of Barranca Seca by Hesiquio Iriarte
Date18 May 1862
Location
Barranca Seca, Veracruz, Mexico
Result French victory
Belligerents
Mexico Mexican reactionists
France Second French Empire		 Mexico Mexican Republicans
Commanders and leaders
Leonardo Márquez
José Domingo Herran
Juan Vicario
José G. Campos
Eugène Lefèvre[1]: 116–117 		 Santiago Tapia
Antonio Álvarez
José Mariano Rojo
Units involved
Marquéz Brigade
2nd Battalion of the 99th Infantry of the Line[1]: 116–117 		 Eastern Army
(See details)
Strength
2500[2]: 171 
450[2]: 172 		 500
1400[3]: 554 
Casualties and losses
212 Mexicans dead
2 French dead
26 injured[3]: 554 		 100 Republicans dead
200 wounded
1,200 POWs[3]: 554 

18°48′46″N 97°10′40″W / 18.812845°N 97.17765°W / 18.812845; -97.17765 The Battle of Barranca Seca was a battle of the Second French intervention in Mexico and took place right after the Battle of Puebla on 18 May 1862. Contrary to the latter it was won by the unified reactionist Mexican-French forces.[3]: 554  The battle was preceded by a coup de chef of the reactionist forces, which was heated by the intrigue of the Spanish high command against Almonte and Márquez[4]: 79  and French pressure towards the replacement of Zuloaga. After the battle Almonte remained the only contender for the Commander-in-Chief office within the reactionist party and Márquez as acting General; both of them serving French interests.[5]

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  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Niox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d David Marley (1998). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. Santa Barbara, California, United States: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780874368376. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
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  5. ^ Raymond, Henry Jarvis, ed. (14 June 1862). "our Vera Cruz correspondence.; Banishment of Zuoaga and Cobos by Almonte Departure of Padre Miranda for Europe Protest to the Emperor, by Gen. Lorencez and his Officers. Against Saligny Marquez Named Commander-in-Chief by Almonte Departure of Gen. Donai for Orizaba Marquez About to Impose a Forced Loan on Vera Cruz". The New York Times. New York, United States. Retrieved 13 July 2012.