Battle of Acajete

The Battle of Acajete was fought at Acajete, Veracruz on 3 May 1839 between insurgents under the joint command of José de Urrea and José Antonio Mexía, and 1,600 Centerists under the command of General Gabriel Valencia. The insurgents lost, Mexía was captured and executed, Urrea fled to Tampico.[1]

Notes

1. Jaques 2007, p. 5.

References

• Jaques, Tony, ed. (2007), Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century (3 volumes ed.), Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 5, ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)