CENTRO DE BACHILLERATO TECNOLGICO AGROPECUARIO #81 Gral. Pablo E.

Macas Valenzuela

Teacher:

DANIEL FONG AGUILAR.

Members: FLORES ARMENTA PAOLA NIRVANA. ZAVALA CASTRO IRERI ANDREA. MENDOZA OCHOA KHRIEMBERLY ROMANA. RAMIREZ BOON MARIA FERNANDA.

ENGLISH V

BATTLE OF PUEBLA
MAY 5

BACKGROUND
The 185762 Mexican civil war known as The Reform War had disorganized the country's finances and the new President, Benito Juarez, was forced to suspend payments of foreign debts in 1861.

In late 1861 Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, under the Treaty of London (1861) sent a joint expeditionary force to Mexico, alongside Spanish and British forces, to protect their interests and collect the debts owed by the previous Mexican government.

EVENT
The French expeditionary force at the time was led by General Charles de Lorencez. The battle came about by a misunderstanding of the French forces agreement to withdraw to the coast.

General Ignacio Zaragoza.

As the French retreated from their final assault, Zaragoza had his cavalry attack them from the right and left while troops concealed along the road pivoted out to flank them badly.

AFTERMATH
The Battle of Puebla was an inspirational event for wartime Mexico, and it provided a stunning revelation to the rest of the world which had largely expected a rapid victory for French arms.

With the backing of France, the Habsburg Archduke Maximilian became Emperor of Mexico in the short-lived Second Mexican Empire.

Napoleon III

CELEBRATION

Since the 1930s, a re-enactment of the Battle of Puebla has been held each year at Pen de los Baos, a rocky outcrop close to Mexico City International Airport.