Capture of Chihuahua (1865)

Capture of Chihuahua (1865)
Part of the French intervention in Mexico
Date15 August, 1865
LocationChihuahua City, Chihuahua State, Mexico
Result French victory
Belligerents
France French Empire Mexico Mexican Republicans
Commanders and leaders
France Augustin Henri Unknown

The Capture of Chihuahua took place on 15 August, 1865, during the French Intervention in Mexico. General Augustin Brincourt Henri, with French troops under his command, took Chihuahua City in Chihuahua State, Mexico, from the Republicans on behalf of the Second Mexican Empire.[1]

References

  1. RIVA PALACIOS, Vicente (1940). México á través de los siglos: historia general y completa del desenvolvimiento social, político, religioso, militar, artístico, científico y literario de México desde a antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.

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