Everything about The Battle Of Huamantla totally explained
The
Battle of Huamantla was a
U.S. victory late in the
Mexican-American War that forced the
Mexican Army to lift the
Siege of Puebla.
Background
The same day
Mexico City fell to General
Winfield Scott's army (
September 14,
1847), Mexican forces began a siege on
Puebla. Less than a month later, a relief force was organized and marched out to Puebla under the command of
Major General Joseph Lane. Mexican reinforcements were also moving to Puebla under the command of
Antonio López de Santa Anna, who had recently renounced his presidency.
Battle
On
October 8 1847, Lane sent out spies who learned that Santa Anna's force was waiting in
Huamantla, 25 miles from
Puebla. The next day,
October 9, Lane's vanguard of
Texas Rangers under Captain
Samuel Walker reached the town and sighted roughly 2,000 Mexican lancers. At the head of his Rangers, Walker charged into the city to drive out the Mexicans, but Santa Anna led a counter attack and stopped the Rangers. Walker was mortally wounded and, for about an hour, the Rangers desperately fought to hold their position in the town, some of them seeking refuge in a church. The rest of Lane's infantry arrived, attacked and drove out Santa Anna's force. When Lane heard of Walker's death he turned his troops loose, who pillaged and burned Huamantla, the only instance in the war in which a sizeable U.S. force had sacked a city.
Aftermath
The battle was Santa Anna's last. The new Mexican government led by
Manuel de la Peña y Peña first tried its power when it asked Santa Anna to turn over command of the army to General
José Joaquín de Herrera. Three days after the battle, General Lane fought his way into Puebla and raised the siege. Lane continued raids against Mexican guerrillas to keep the supply route between the port of
Veracruz and Mexico City clear.
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