Battle of Las Cumbres

Battle of Las Cumbres
Part of the French intervention in Mexico
Date April 28, 1862 Location Cumbres de Acultzingo Result French victory
Belligerents
Second Federal Republic of Mexico	Second French Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ignacio Zaragoza	Charles de Lorencez
Strength
4,000 soldiers	6,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
50 killed, 2 guns	2 killed, 32 wounded

The Battle of Las Cumbres was a skirmish at the Acultzingo Pass between the French invasion force under Charles de Lorencez and Mexican republican forces under Ignacio Zaragoza. Despite holding the high ground, Zaragoza was not willing to risk his forces by engaging the French Army in the open. As the French troops seized the first line of Mexican entrenchments, Zaragoza withdrew his forces to their stronghold of Puebla.

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