Battle of Monte de las Cruces

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was a major early victory for Miguel Hidalgo’s insurgent forces over Spanish royalists in 1810, marking a pivotal moment in the Mexican War of Independence.

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Batalla del Monte de las Cruces	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Monte de las Cruces ⓘ surface form: Batalla del Monte de las Cruces
associatedWith	Ignacio Allende ⓘ Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ⓘ early insurgent leadership in New Spain ⓘ
belligerent	Mexican insurgents ⓘ Spanish royalists ⓘ
campaign	early insurgent campaign toward Mexico City ⓘ
cause	insurgent advance toward Mexico City after initial uprisings in 1810 ⓘ
combatant	forces of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ⓘ royalist forces of the Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
commander	Ignacio Allende ⓘ Juan Aldama ⓘ Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ⓘ
commemoratedBy	monuments at Monte de las Cruces ⓘ
commemoratedOn	October 30 ⓘ
conflict	Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
country	Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
date	1810-10-30 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Aculco ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major early victory for the insurgent movement ⓘ pivotal moment in the early phase of the Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
involvedForceType	Spanish colonial regular troops ⓘ irregular insurgent militia ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	State of Mexico ⓘ
locatedNear	Mexico City ⓘ
location	Monte de las Cruces ⓘ
militaryObjective	break royalist defensive line protecting Mexico City ⓘ
namedAfter	Monte de las Cruces mountain pass ⓘ
opposedBy	royalist authorities of New Spain ⓘ
opposingCommander	Torcuato Trujillo ⓘ Toribio de Luzuriaga y Mejía ⓘ
partOf	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Latin American wars of independence Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy	Capture of the Alhóndiga de Granaditas ⓘ surface form: Capture of Guanajuato Grito de Independencia ⓘ surface form: Grito de Dolores
presentDayLocation	Mexico ⓘ
region	Valley of Mexico ⓘ
result	insurgent victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance	opened the road to Mexico City for insurgent forces ⓘ
theater	Central Mexico ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Napoleonic era in Spanish America
year	1810 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of Monte de las Cruces → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Monte de las Cruces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batalla del Monte de las Cruces

Ignacio Allende → battle → Battle of Monte de las Cruces ⓘ

Battle of Calderón Bridge → precededBy → Battle of Monte de las Cruces ⓘ

Mexican War of Independence → significantBattle → Battle of Monte de las Cruces ⓘ