Capture of Chihuahua (1865)

The Capture of Chihuahua took place on 15 August 1865, during the Second French intervention in Mexico. General Augustin Brincourt Henri, with French troops under his command, took Chihuahua City in Chihuahua State, Mexico, from the Republicans on behalf of the Second Mexican Empire.[1]

Capture of Chihuahua (1865)
Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico
Date15 August 1865
Location
Chihuahua City, Chihuahua State, Mexico
Result French victory
Belligerents
French Empire Mexican Republicans
Commanders and leaders
Augustin Henri Unknown

References
  1. RIVA PALACIOS, Vicente (1940). México á través de los siglos: historia general y completa del desenvolvimiento social, político, religioso, militar, artístico, científico y literario de México desde a antigüedad más remota hasta la época actual; obra, única en su género. (G. S. López edición). México.

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