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

The Battle of Puebla took place on 5 May 1862

near the city of Puebla during the French
intervention in Mexico.

The Mexican victory is celebrated yearly on the

fifth of May. Its celebration is regional in Mexico,
primarily in the state of Puebla, where the
holiday is celebrated as The Day of the Battle of
Puebla there is some limited recognition of the
holiday in other parts of the country.

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

THANK YOU!