Regional1519
Battle of Cintla
Cintla · Tabasco
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
In March 1519, Hernan Cortes's small expedition defeated the Chontal Maya of Potonchan on the plain of Cintla in Tabasco, the first pitched battle of his march on the Aztec Empire; the defeated lords gave Cortes gifts including the interpreter Malinche.
Belligerents2
- Spanish Empire
- Chontal Maya of Potonchan
ON THE MAPSpanish Empire (Americas)
Conflict graph
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Cintla
- Hassig, Mexico and the Spanish Conquest
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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