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Spanish Troops Defeat the Mexicans at the Battle of Calderón Bridge in 1811

January 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff
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Spanish Troops Defeat the Mexicans at the Battle of Calderón Bridge in 1811

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Today in Latin American history, a heavily outnumbered Spanish force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries at the Battle of Calderón Bridge in 1811.

The battle marked the end of the first stage of the Mexican War of Independence and was noted for the fact that the insurgents fought with more passion than strategy.

The insurgent forces were devastated and the events that followed would lead up to the capture and ultimately the sentence of Miguel Hidalgo.

Ten years after defeat at the Battle of Calderón Bridge, Mexican insurgents were victorious and independence was achieved.

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