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On April 2 1867 a battle would mark the end of an era and the beginning of another in Mexico.
Five years after the emblematic victory of General Zaragoza on may 5th 1862 -a battle remembered by the Yankees as the triumph of the imperialist Monroe doctrine- General Don Porfirio Díaz Mori brought an end to the french occupation of the city of Puebla and obtained a decisive victory in the war of intervention.
The second Mexican Empire suffered of unrest and instability since it's foundation; the conservatives who supported the emperor Maximilian Von Habsburg repented from offering him the crown and in 1866 France withdrew their troops from Mexico, the next year the unionists of the United States won their civil war and they were willing to support the parallel government of Benito Juárez, everything was turning against Maximilian, by then the empire only maintained it's power in the cities of Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz, Queretaro and Morelia.
The outstanding general Porfirio Díaz besieged the city of Puebla from march 9th 1867 but had little resources to keep the siege, in order to capture the city definitively Diaz incorporated the irregular troops into his army and blocked the main roads that led to the place. The republicans needed to take the city to confront the conservative general Leonardo Marquez Araujo and thus preventing him from backing the defenders of Queretaro, a city besieged by the republicans Mariano Escobedo and Ramón Corona where the emperor took refuge.
by ~yaktao
Five years after the emblematic victory of General Zaragoza on may 5th 1862 -a battle remembered by the Yankees as the triumph of the imperialist Monroe doctrine- General Don Porfirio Díaz Mori brought an end to the french occupation of the city of Puebla and obtained a decisive victory in the war of intervention.
The second Mexican Empire suffered of unrest and instability since it's foundation; the conservatives who supported the emperor Maximilian Von Habsburg repented from offering him the crown and in 1866 France withdrew their troops from Mexico, the next year the unionists of the United States won their civil war and they were willing to support the parallel government of Benito Juárez, everything was turning against Maximilian, by then the empire only maintained it's power in the cities of Mexico, Puebla, Veracruz, Queretaro and Morelia.
The outstanding general Porfirio Díaz besieged the city of Puebla from march 9th 1867 but had little resources to keep the siege, in order to capture the city definitively Diaz incorporated the irregular troops into his army and blocked the main roads that led to the place. The republicans needed to take the city to confront the conservative general Leonardo Marquez Araujo and thus preventing him from backing the defenders of Queretaro, a city besieged by the republicans Mariano Escobedo and Ramón Corona where the emperor took refuge.
by ~yaktao
At 2 am of April 2 1867, the generals Figueroa and Eutimio Pinzón attacked the Convento del Carmen where most of the conservative soldiers were to sidetrack the imperialist forces, at 3:30 am Díaz ordered a general attack, the thirteen columns of the republican army assaulted the city, despite the great efforts of General François Achille Bazaine and his advantageous position the city fell in Díaz hands by dawn.
By the end, Porfirio Díaz ordered the execution of 22 officers of Puebla but spared the life of the commanders of the nearby forts Loreto and Gudalupe. After capturing Puebla, Díaz followed Leonardo Marquez who managed to avoid a battle several times until he finally sheltered in Mexico city.
The historic trumph of general José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori [nicknamed the Hero of dos de abril] allowed the republican army to concentrate their efforts in capturing Queretaro and Mexico city, the latter being taken by Díaz without the use of guns.
By the end, Porfirio Díaz ordered the execution of 22 officers of Puebla but spared the life of the commanders of the nearby forts Loreto and Gudalupe. After capturing Puebla, Díaz followed Leonardo Marquez who managed to avoid a battle several times until he finally sheltered in Mexico city.
The historic trumph of general José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori [nicknamed the Hero of dos de abril] allowed the republican army to concentrate their efforts in capturing Queretaro and Mexico city, the latter being taken by Díaz without the use of guns.
