Siege of Puebla (1863)

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battle military engagement siege

The Siege of Puebla (1863) was a major engagement in the French intervention in Mexico, in which French forces besieged and ultimately captured the city of Puebla, paving the way for the occupation of Mexico City.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Siege of Puebla (1863) canonical	2
Second Battle of Puebla (1863)	1
Sitio de Puebla de 1863	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ
conflictIn	French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
endDate	1863-05-17 ⓘ
followedBy	Capture of Mexico City (1863) ⓘ surface form: French advance on Mexico City occupation of Mexico City by French forces ⓘ
hasBelligerent	French intervention in Mexico ⓘ surface form: French expeditionary corps in Mexico Mexican Federation ⓘ surface form: Mexican Republic Mexican liberal forces ⓘ Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire
hasCasualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
hasCommander	Jesé Ignacio Gutiérrez de la Peña ⓘ Jesé Ignacio Mejía ⓘ Jesé Ignacio Mejía (Mexican commander) ⓘ Jesé María Ortega ⓘ Jesé María Ortega (Mexican commander) ⓘ Jesé María Ortega y Gutiérrez de la Peña ⓘ Jesé Ignacio Gutiérrez de la Peña ⓘ surface form: Jesé María de la Vega Élie Frédéric Forey ⓘ Élie Frédéric Forey ⓘ surface form: Élie Frédéric Forey (French commander)
hasConsequence	opened road to Mexico City for French forces ⓘ paved way for occupation of Mexico City ⓘ
hasCountry	Mexico ⓘ
hasHistoricalEra	Reform War ⓘ surface form: Reform War and French intervention period in Mexico
hasLanguageContext	Spanish ⓘ
hasLocation	Mexico ⓘ Puebla ⓘ Puebla de Zaragoza ⓘ
hasNativeName	Siege of Puebla (1863) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sitio de Puebla de 1863
hasOutcome	capture of Puebla by French forces ⓘ
hasParticipant	French Army ⓘ Mexican Army ⓘ
hasResult	French victory ⓘ
hasStrategicObjective	capture of Puebla ⓘ securing route to Mexico City ⓘ
hasTheater	Central Mexico ⓘ
hasTypeOfWarfare	siege warfare ⓘ urban combat ⓘ
involves	artillery bombardment ⓘ encirclement of city ⓘ
isSignificantFor	collapse of Mexican defensive line before Mexico City ⓘ turning point in French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
partOf	French intervention in Mexico ⓘ surface form: Second French intervention in Mexico
precededBy	Battle of Puebla ⓘ surface form: Battle of Puebla (1862)
startDate	1863-03-16 ⓘ
tookPlaceInCentury	19th century ⓘ
tookPlaceInYear	1863 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Puebla → followedBy → Siege of Puebla (1863) ⓘ

French intervention in Mexico → keyEvent → Siege of Puebla (1863) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Battle of Puebla (1863)

French intervention in Mexico → keyEvent → Siege of Puebla (1863) ⓘ

Siege of Puebla (1863) → hasNativeName → Siege of Puebla (1863) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sitio de Puebla de 1863