The First Battle of San Salvador was a military action on April 5, 1822 in the town of San Salvador during Mexican annexation of Central America with the purpose of opposing the annexation to Mexico.
Battle of San Salvador (1822) | |||||||
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Part of the Mexican annexation of Central America | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First Mexican Empire | El Salvador | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gabino Gaínza Manuel Arzú |
Manuel José Arce Antonio José Cañas | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1500 - 2000[3] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
The battle
editIn June 1822, a Guatemalan force under Manuel Arzú invaded the province of San Salvador and easily evaded the defenses and took the capital. The Guatemalans scattered and sacked San Salvador. The troops from the province regrouped and due to Manuel Arzú's poor organization,[4] they took the Guatemalans by surprise and defeated them.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ https://archive.org/details/manualdehistoria0000card /
- ^ "Efemérides de los hechos notables acaecidos en la República de Centro-América Desde el año de 1821 hasta el de 1842". Tipografía Nacional. 1895.
- ^ https://cdigital.uv.mx/bitstream/handle/123456789/9070/ulua8pag97-127.pdf;jsessionid=A88CB380F9EC49DD4113E60577FC93EA?sequence=3 /
- ^ Marure, Alejandro (1895). Efemérides de los hechos notables acaecidos en la República de Centro-América Desde el año de 1821 hasta el de 1842. Universidad Francisco Marroquín Biblioteca Ludwig von Mises. Tipografía Nacional.