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Battle of Camaron
Camaron de Tejeda · Veracruz · Mexico
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
Fought 30 April 1863 during the Second French intervention in Mexico, the Battle of Camaron was a last stand by 65 French Foreign Legionnaires under Captain Jean Danjou against roughly 2,000-3,000 Mexican troops near Camaron de Tejeda. The near-total destruction of the detachment became the Legion's most celebrated feat of arms.
Belligerents2
- France (French Foreign Legion)
- Mexico
ON THE MAPMexico (1848)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Camaron
- Britannica: Battle of Camaron
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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