Battle of Cempoala

Battle of Cempoala
Part of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire

'Batalla de Zampoala' ca. 1670-1740
Date27 May 1520
Location
Cempoala, Mexico
19°26′50.3″N 96°24′13.2″W / 19.447306°N 96.403667°W / 19.447306; -96.403667
Result Cempoala victory
Belligerents
Cempoala of Totonacapan
Chinantla
Crown of Castile[1] Spanish Empire
Governorate of Cuba
Commanders and leaders
Hernán Cortés
Gonzalo de Sandoval
Pánfilo de Narváez (WIA) (POW)
Strength
266 Spanish
200 Chinantec warriors

900 Spanish:

  • ~80 horsemen
  • ~80 riflemen
  • ~10 artillery
Casualties and losses
2 Spanish killed
Unknown number of Spanish wounded
Indigenous losses unknown
15 killed
Unknown number of wounded

The Battle of Cempoala was fought on 27 May 1520 at Cempoala, Mexico between the forces of Pánfilo de Narváez and the forces of Hernán Cortés, which were supported by Chinantec warriors.[2]

  1. ^ Teoría de la bandera.Guido Villa.1974 "The companies portentous discovery and conquest of the New World, met under the banners of Castile incarnate". Las portentosas empresas del descubrimiento y la conquista del Nuevo Mundo, se cumplieron bajo los encarnados pendones de Castilla.
  2. ^ De Solís, Atonio. Historia de la conquista, población y progresos de la América Septentrional. ISBN 9788415219514.