Battle of Puebla

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Puebla was an 1862 military engagement during the French intervention in Mexico in which Mexican forces achieved a symbolic victory over the French, commemorated annually as Cinco de Mayo.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Puebla canonical 22
Battle of Puebla (1862) 5
Batalla de Puebla 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Puebla ⓘ
surface form: Batalla de Puebla
associatedWith Cinco de Mayo parades and festivities ⓘ
Mexican nationalism ⓘ
belligerent Mexico ⓘ
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
chronology occurred early in the French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
combatant French forces ⓘ
Mexican forces ⓘ
commander Ignacio Zaragoza ⓘ
commemoratedBy Cinco de Mayo ⓘ
commemoratedOn 5 May each year ⓘ
conflict French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
date 5 May 1862 ⓘ
era French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Second French intervention in Mexico
followedBy French capture of Mexico City ⓘ
Siege of Puebla (1863) ⓘ
FrenchCommander Charles Ferdinand Latrille, Comte de Lorencez ⓘ
Charles de Lorencez ⓘ
hasCasusBelli French intervention following suspension of foreign debt payments by Mexico ⓘ
hasCause French attempt to establish influence and collect debts in Mexico ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance basis for Cinco de Mayo celebrations, especially in the United States ⓘ
symbol of Mexican resistance to foreign intervention ⓘ
hasLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasLegacy Cinco de Mayo as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride ⓘ
hasParticipant French expeditionary corps ⓘ
Mexican forces ⓘ
surface form: Mexican Army of the East
hasSymbol “Las armas nacionales se han cubierto de gloria” (Zaragoza’s famous phrase) ⓘ
location City of Puebla ⓘ
Puebla ⓘ
surface form: Puebla, Mexico
MexicanCommander Ignacio Zaragoza ⓘ
notableFor Mexican defense against a better-equipped French force ⓘ
boosting Mexican national morale ⓘ
opposingForceStrength French forces numerically and materially superior to Mexican forces ⓘ
outcome halted French advance toward Mexico City temporarily ⓘ
partOf 19th-century Mexican history ⓘ
French intervention in Mexico ⓘ
history of Mexico ⓘ
precededBy French landing at Veracruz ⓘ
result Mexican victory ⓘ
significance symbolic victory over the French army ⓘ
tookPlaceNear Fuerte de Guadalupe ⓘ
surface form: Fort Guadalupe

Fuerte de Loreto ⓘ
surface form: Fort Loreto
year 1862 ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Puebla → knownFor → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Puebla → event → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Cinco de Mayo → commemorates → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza → knownFor → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza → historicalEventLocation → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Puebla (1862)
Zaragoza (in honor of Ignacio Zaragoza) → notableEvent → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
subject surface form: Ignacio Zaragoza
Zaragoza (in honor of Ignacio Zaragoza) → significantBattle → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
subject surface form: Ignacio Zaragoza
this entity surface form: Battle of Puebla (1862)
Battle of Puebla → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Batalla de Puebla
Mexican forces → participatedIn → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Ignacio Zaragoza → participatedIn → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
French intervention in Mexico → keyEvent → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Puebla (5 May 1862)
French intervention in Mexico → notableBattle → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Second Mexican Empire → significantEvent → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Porfirio Díaz → participatedIn → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Puebla (1862)
State of Puebla → knownFor → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
State of Puebla → historicalEvent → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Puebla de Zaragoza → knownFor → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Puebla de Zaragoza → battleOccurredNear → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Fuerte de Loreto → event → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Fuerte de Loreto → hasCategory → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Zaragoza, Coahuila → notableFor → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
subject surface form: Ignacio Zaragoza
Fuerte de Guadalupe → notableEvent → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Fuerte de Guadalupe → usedInConflict → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Fuerte de Guadalupe → hasCategory → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Zaragoza, Puebla → namedForEvent → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
City of Puebla → knownFor → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
City of Puebla → historicalEvent → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Puebla (1862)
Municipality of Puebla → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Puebla (commemorated within the municipality)
Charles Ferdinand Latrille, Comte de Lorencez → conflict → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
Siege of Puebla (1863) → precededBy → Battle of Puebla ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Puebla (1862)