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The Battle of Las Cumbres also known as the Battle of Acultzingo was a skirmish at the Acultzingo Pass between the French invasion force under Charles de Lorencez and Mexican republican forces under Ignacio Zaragoza. It took place on 28 April 1862. Despite holding the high ground, Zaragoza was not willing to risk his forces by engaging the French Army in the open. As the French troops seized the first line of Mexican entrenchments, Zaragoza withdrew his forces to their stronghold of Puebla.[1]
| Battle of Las Cumbres | |||||||
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| Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Second Federal Republic of Mexico |
 French Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ignacio Zaragoza |
Charles de Lorencez | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000 soldiers | 6,000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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50 killed 2 guns lost |
2 killed 32 wounded | ||||||
See also
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edit- ^ Thomas Benfield Harbottle, George Bruce (1979). Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles (second ed.). Granada. p. 11. ISBN 0-246-11103-8.