Battle of Las Cumbres

The Battle of Las Cumbres also known as the Battle of Acultzingo was a skirmish at the Acultzingo Pass between the French invasion force under Charles de Lorencez and Mexican republican forces under Ignacio Zaragoza. It took place on 28 April 1862. Despite holding the high ground, Zaragoza was not willing to risk his forces by engaging the French Army in the open. As the French troops seized the first line of Mexican entrenchments, Zaragoza withdrew his forces to their stronghold of Puebla.[1]

Battle of Las Cumbres
Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico
DateApril 28, 1862
Location
Cumbres de Acultzingo
Result French victory
Belligerents
Mexico Second Federal Republic of Mexico  French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mexico Ignacio Zaragoza Second French Empire Charles de Lorencez
Strength
4,000 soldiers 6,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
50 killed
2 guns lost		 2 killed
32 wounded

See also

References
  1. Thomas Benfield Harbottle, George Bruce (1979). Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles (second ed.). Granada. p. 11. ISBN 0-246-11103-8.

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