Contemporary illustration of the Battle of Barranca Seca by Hesiquio Iriarte
Date
18 May 1862
Location
Barranca Seca, Veracruz, Mexico
Result
French victory
Belligerents
Mexican reactionists Second French Empire
Mexican Republicans
Commanders and leaders
Leonardo Márquez José Domingo Herran Juan Vicario José G. CamposEugène Lefèvre[1]: 116–117
Santiago Tapia Antonio ÁlvarezJosé Mariano Rojo
Units involved
Marquéz Brigade2nd Battalion of the 99th Infantry of the Line[1]: 116–117
Eastern Army (See details)
Strength
2500[2]: 171 450[2]: 172
5001400[3]: 554
Casualties and losses
212 Mexicans dead 2 French dead 26 injured[3]: 554
100 Republicans dead 200 wounded 1,200 POWs[3]: 554
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Second French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867)
1862
Fortín
Las Cumbres
Atlixco
Puebla
Barranca Seca
Cerro del Borrego
1863
Jonuta
Siege of Puebla
San Pablo del Monte
Tampico
2nd Atlixco
Camarón
Mexico City
Chiapa de Corzo
Morelia
Guanajuato
1864
Guadalajara
El Jahuactal
San Juan Bautista
Mazatlán
Acapulco
Nanahuatipam
Majoma
Monterrey
Matamoros
Totoapan
Colima
Jiquilpan
San Pedro
1865
Cuauhtémoc
El Rosario
Tacámbaro
Tula
Soyaltepec
La Loma
Parral
Chihuahua
Álamos
Ixmiquilpan
1866
Bagdad
Santa Isabel
Chihuahua
Siege of Jonuta
Santa Gertrudis
Miahuatlán
Juchitán
La Carbonera
Guayabo
1867
Guadalajara
Villa de Álvarez
San Jacinto
Monterrey
3rd Puebla
Lomas de San Lorenzo
Siege of Querétaro
Mexico City
18°48′46″N97°10′40″W / 18.812845°N 97.17765°W / 18.812845; -97.17765
The Battle of Barranca Seca was a battle of the Second French intervention in Mexico and took place right after the Battle of Puebla on 18 May 1862. Contrary to the latter it was won by the unified reactionist Mexican-French forces.[3]: 554 The battle was preceded by a coup de chef of the reactionist forces, which was heated by the intrigue of the Spanish high command against Almonte and Márquez[4]: 79 and French pressure towards the replacement of Zuloaga. After the battle Almonte remained the only contender for the Commander-in-Chief office within the reactionist party and Márquez as acting General; both of them serving French interests.[5]
^ abJaroslaw Wojtczak (2009). Wojna Meksykańska 1861-1867 [Mexican War of 1861-1867] (in Polish). Warsaw, Poland: Bellona Spółka Akcyjna. ISBN 9788311115200. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ abCite error: The named reference Niox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abcdDavid Marley (1998). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. Santa Barbara, California, United States: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780874368376. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^Cite error: The named reference Domenech was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Raymond, Henry Jarvis, ed. (14 June 1862). "our Vera Cruz correspondence.; Banishment of Zuoaga and Cobos by Almonte Departure of Padre Miranda for Europe Protest to the Emperor, by Gen. Lorencez and his Officers. Against Saligny Marquez Named Commander-in-Chief by Almonte Departure of Gen. Donai for Orizaba Marquez About to Impose a Forced Loan on Vera Cruz". The New York Times. New York, United States: The Times. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
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