Depiction of a battle between Spaniards and their allies, against Pipil warriors.
Date
8 June 1524
Location
Acajutla in modern day El Salvador
Result
Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Mexican and Kaqchikel auxiliaries
Cuzcatlan
Commanders and leaders
Pedro de Alvarado
Atlácatl
Strength
250 Spaniards
6,000 auxiliaries[1]
Thousands of Pipil warriors
The Battle of Acajutla took place on June 8, 1524, between the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado and the standing army of Cuzcatlan Pipils, an indigenous Nahua state, in the neighborhood of present-day Acajutla, near the coast of western El Salvador.
^Historia 1 y 2 El Salvador (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación. 2009. ISBN 978-99923-63-68-3.
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