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Battle of Parque | |||||||
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Part of the Mexican Revolution | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Zapatistas | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Reinforcements Colonel Peña | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
27 Rurales Reinforcements100 | 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.