Capture of Chihuahua (1865)

Capture of Chihuahua (1865)
Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico
Date15 August 1865
Location
Chihuahua City, Chihuahua State, Mexico
Result French victory
Belligerents
France French Empire Mexico Mexican Republicans
Commanders and leaders
France Augustin Henri × (WIA) Unknown
Strength
600 265
Casualties and losses
307 Killed 165 Killed

The Capture of Chihuahua took place on 15 August 1865, during the Second French intervention in Mexico. General Augustin Brincourt Henri, with French troops under his command, took Chihuahua City in Chihuahua State, Mexico, from the Republicans on behalf of the Second Mexican Empire.[1]

  1. ^ RIVA PALACIOS, Vicente (1940). México á través de los siglos: historia general y completa del desenvolvimiento social, político, religioso, militar, artístico, científico y literario de México desde a antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.