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| ⚫ | hahah fuck fuck árez declared that the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla would be a national holiday, regarded as "Battle of Puebla Day" or just Cinco de Mayo. Although it is recognized as a day of celebration, nowadays it is not a federal holiday in Mexico. | ||
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| |caption=Depictions of the battle showing Mexican cavalry overwhelming the French troops below the fort at Loreto. Note there are no machete wielositions, counting 462 of his men killed against only 83 of the Mexicans. He waited a couple of days for Zaragoza to attack again, but Zaragoza held his ground. Lorencez then completely withdrew to Orizaba. The political repercussions were overwhelming, as the outnumbered Mexicans used what courage and determination they could to repel the French forces. When news of the defeat reached France, Napoleon III sent 29,000 additional troops to Mexico. They eventually overran Puebla, but the legendary battle had created a Mexican moral victory which is celebrated today as ]. | |||
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| Stories that many of the Mexican fighters were simple folks armed with nothing more than machetes are unsubstantiated. The Mexican Army under Zaragoza were regular military units, such as artillery, infantry and cavalry using real muskets and recognized military tactics that in this one instance overcame an overconfident French army. | |||
| A story of the French being deliberately trampled by a herd of cattle is unsubstantiated. The fight was strictly military. | |||
| Some accounts tell of French losses numbering in the thousands. The French had sent 7,000 men to Mexico, almost 1,000 of whom had become ill, most likely from New World diseases. Though Lorencez had 6,040 men, he only lost 462 with 8 captured. | |||
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| While the Battle of Puebla did not prevent the imminent French takeover of Mexico, it did go as an important morale victory for the Mexican Army. It also gave the Juárez government much needed time to organize its new government that many nations recognized as legitimate. The United States, embroiled in its own ], supported the Republican Mexican forces with much of its arms and equipment, including the very uniforms and weapons used by the Union Army in the Civil War. In 1867, the Republican forces defeated ] and his allies, and he was executed by President ]. | While the Battle of Puebla did not prevent the imminent French takeover of Mexico, it did go as an important morale victory for the Mexican Army. It also gave the Juárez government much needed time to organize its new government that many nations recognized as legitimate. The United States, embroiled in its own ], supported the Republican Mexican forces with much of its arms and equipment, including the very uniforms and weapons used by the Union Army in the Civil War. In 1867, the Republican forces defeated ] and his allies, and he was executed by President ]. | ||
Revision as of 08:35, 5 May 2008
hahah fuck fuck árez declared that the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla would be a national holiday, regarded as "Battle of Puebla Day" or just Cinco de Mayo. Although it is recognized as a day of celebration, nowadays it is not a federal holiday in Mexico.
While the Battle of Puebla did not prevent the imminent French takeover of Mexico, it did go as an important morale victory for the Mexican Army. It also gave the Juárez government much needed time to organize its new government that many nations recognized as legitimate. The United States, embroiled in its own conflict, supported the Republican Mexican forces with much of its arms and equipment, including the very uniforms and weapons used by the Union Army in the Civil War. In 1867, the Republican forces defeated Maximilian and his allies, and he was executed by President Benito Juárez.