Battle of Monte de las Cruces

Battle of Monte de las Cruces
	Part of the Mexican War of Independence
Date	30 October 1810
Location	Ocoyoacac, New Spain
Result	Tactical insurgent victory Hidalgo renounces to continue towards Mexico City;
Belligerents
Mexican Insurgents	Royalist
Commanders and leaders
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; Ignacio Allende; Juan Aldama; Mariano Abasolo	Torcuato Trujillo; Agustin Iturbide
Strength
60,000 – 80,000 irregulars and militias	1,400 – 7,000 militias
Casualties and losses
3,000 – 5,000	1,000 – 2,500

The battle began at about 8am on 30 October 1810 in a cold pine forest on rugged territory. The battle had three phases, corresponding to the three offensives of the insurgent army against royalist positions. The first two were rebuffed, but the insurgents managed to surround the royalists.

Refererences

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 (in Spanish)Instituto Internacional de Historia Militar A. C. (1964). Los insurgentes de 1810: estudio crítico-analítico de las operaciones militares de la primera etapa de la Guerra de Independencia Mexicana. Ciudad de México: Editorial Militar Mexicana, pp. 46.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 David Marley (2009). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present. Tomo I. Santa Bárbara: ABC CLIO, pp. 584. ISBN 978-1-59884-100-8.
↑ (in Spanish)Luciano Alexanderson Joublanc (1963). Ignacio López Rayón: libertador, unificador y primer legislador de México. México: Donis, pp. 43

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[Historia_Militar_A._C._1964_pp._46-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 (in Spanish)Instituto Internacional de Historia Militar A. C. (1964). Los insurgentes de 1810: estudio crítico-analítico de las operaciones militares de la primera etapa de la Guerra de Independencia Mexicana. Ciudad de México: Editorial Militar Mexicana, pp. 46.

[David_Marley_2009_pp._584-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 David Marley (2009). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present. Tomo I. Santa Bárbara: ABC CLIO, pp. 584. ISBN 978-1-59884-100-8.

[3] (in Spanish)Luciano Alexanderson Joublanc (1963). Ignacio López Rayón: libertador, unificador y primer legislador de México. México: Donis, pp. 43

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