Battle_of_Huamantla

Battle of Huamantla

Battle of Huamantla

Mexican-American War battle

The Battle of Huamantla was a U.S. victory late in the Mexican–American War that forced the Mexican Army to lift the siege of Puebla.[1]: 331 

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Background

Santa Anna left Puebla at the end of Sept., to intercept Joseph Lane's relief column, planning an ambush at Paso del Pintal.[1]: 331  Learning of Santa Anna's men at Huamantla, Lane left his train under guard and marched toward that city, Captain Samuel H. Walker's four companies of cavalry in the lead.[1]: 331 

Battle

Walker charged, upon seeing Santa Anna's lancers, driving the Mexicans from the town.[1]: 331  Santa Anna led a counterattack, Walker was shot by a civilian in a nearby house, and his men retreated into a church.[1]: 331  The Mexicans then retreated to Querétaro.[1]: 331 

Lane turned his troops loose in a drunken sack of the town.[1]: 331  They reached Puebla on 12 Oct. to lift the siege.[1]: 331 

Order of battle

United States

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Mexico

Mexican Army: General Antonio López de Santa Anna

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Bauer, K.J., 1974, The Mexican War, 1846–1848, New York: Macmillan, ISBN 0803261071
  2. [2]
    History of the Mexican War by Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
  3. [3]
    History of the War Between the United States and Mexico by John Stilwell Jenkins

Further reading

  • Nevin, David; editor, The Mexican War (1978)
Justin H. Smith's The War with Mexico

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