Cinco de Mayo-May, 1862
Cinco de Mayo-May, 1862. 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated the French and Conservative Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862. Led by Texas born General Ignacio Zaragoza and made up of ill-equipped Mestizos and Zapotec Indians
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