Battle of Parque

Battle of Parque
Part of the Mexican Revolution
DateEarly, 1912
Location
Parque, Morelos, Mexico
Result

Government Victory

  • Zapatistas retreat to Mountains
Belligerents

Government

Zapatistas
Commanders and leaders

Major E.L Holmdahl (WIA)

Reinforcements
Colonel Peña
Unknown
Strength

27 Rurales

Reinforcements
100
300
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown, but heavy

The Battle of Parque was a battle during the Mexican Revolution, where Emiliano Zapata and his supporters rebelling against president Francisco I. Madero, who had recently overthrown the previous president Porfirio Díaz. A group of Zapata's supporters attempted to ambush a train containing 27 Mexican Rurales under the command of the American Soldier of Fortune, Emil Lewis Holmdahl.