Part of the United States occupation of Nicaragua, Banana Wars
Date
8–9 October 1927[1]
Location
Sapotillal ridge, Nicaragua
Result
Sandinista victory
American-Nicaraguan rescue attempt fails.
Heavy casualties inflicted on the Sandinistas.
Belligerents
United States Nicaragua
Sandinistas
Commanders and leaders
Lt. George J. O'Shea
Unknown
Strength
9 marines 1 sailor 10 national guard[2]
400 guerrillas (conservative estimate)[3]
Casualties and losses
2 USMC POWS Killed & 4 national guard killed[4]
40-60 killed[5] 1 captured[6]
v
t
e
U.S. occupation of Nicaragua
1912
Granada
Masaya
Coyotepe Hill
1926–27
Nicaraguan Civil War
1927
La Paz Centro
Ocotal
San Fernando
Santa Clara
Telpaneca
Sapotillal
1st Las Cruces
1st Quilali
1928
2nd Las Cruces
2nd Quilali
El Bramadero
La Flor
1930
Achuapa
1932
Augua Carta
El Sauce
The Battle of Sapotillal, or the Battle of Zapotillal or Zapotillo Ridge, took place on the 9 October 1927[7] during the American occupation of Nicaragua of 1926–1933 and the Sandino Rebellion. The battle was an unsuccessful attempt by American and Nicaraguan government forces to rescue two downed American airmen.
^"O'Shea, Engagement at Sapotillal, with Sketch Map". The Sandino Rebellion, 1927–1934. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^Macaulay, Neill (February 1998). The Sandino Affair. Chicago: Quadrangle Books. p. 93.
^"O'Shea, Engagement at Sapotillal, with Sketch Map". The Sandino Rebellion, 1927–1934. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^Macaulay, Neill (February 1998). The Sandino Affair. Chicago: Quadrangle Books. p. 95.
^"O'Shea, Engagement at Sapotillal, with Sketch Map". The Sandino Rebellion, 1927–1934. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^Musicant, Ivan (August 1990). The Banana Wars: A History of United States Military Intervention in Latin America from the Spanish–American War to the Invasion of Panama. New York City: Macmillan Publishing Company. p. 322.
^"O'Shea, Engagement at Sapotillal, with Sketch Map". The Sandino Rebellion, 1927–1934. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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