Battle of Fortín

Part of the French intervention in Mexico

Date	April 19, 1862
Location	Fortín, Veracruz
Result	French victory

Belligerents

Second Federal Republic of Mexico

Second French Empire

Commanders and leaders

Felipe Díaz Mori

French intervention
in Mexico
(1861–1867)

Fortín
Las Cumbres
Atlixco
Puebla
Barranca Seca
Cerro del Borrego
Jonuta
Siege of Puebla
San Pablo del Monte
Tampico
2nd Atlixco
Camarón
Mexico City
Chiapa de Corzo
Morelia
Guanajuato
Guadalajara
Jahuactal
San Juan Bautista
Mazatlán
Acapulco
Nanahuatipam
Majoma
Monterrey
Matamoros
Totoapan
Colima
Jiquilpan
San Pedro
Cuauhtémoc
El Rosario
Tacámbaro
Soyaltepec
La Loma
Parral
Chihuahua
Álamos
Ixmiquilpan
Bagdad
Santa Isabel
Chihuahua
Siege of Jonuta
Santa Gertrudis
Miahuatlán
Juchitán
La Carbonera
Guayabo
Guadalajara
Villa de Álvarez
San Jacinto
Monterrey
3rd Puebla
Lomas de San Lorenzo
Siege of Querétaro
Mexico City

The Battle of Fortín was fought on April 19, 1862 in the Mexican state of Veracruz between the French invasion force and Mexican republican forces led by Felipe Díaz Mori (1833–1872). The battle ended in a French victory.

References

RIVA PALACIO, 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 an antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.

Coordinates: 18°53′49″N 96°59′52″W / 18.8969°N 96.9978°W / 18.8969; -96.9978

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