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Battle of Monte de las Cruces

1810 in New SpainBattles involving MexicoBattles involving SpainBattles of the Mexican War of IndependenceConflicts in 1810
History of the State of MexicoOctober 1810 events
Bataille du Mont des Croix
Bataille du Mont des Croix

The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was one of the pivotal battles of the early Mexican War of Independence, in October 1810. It was fought between the insurgent troops of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Ignacio Allende against the New Spain royalist troops of Lt Colonel Torcuato Trujillo, in the Sierra de las Cruces mountains between Toluca and Mexico City. The battle marks the furthest advance of the first rebel campaign, before Hidalgo decided to retreat towards Guadalajara, and not attack Mexico City, despite the fact that he won the battle, but at high cost. The battlefield is now located in the La Marquesa National Park, which is officially called the Miguel Hidalgo National Park in honor of the event.

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Battle of Monte de las Cruces
Carretera México-Toluca, Santa Fe Cuajimalpa de Morelos

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Carretera México-Toluca
05020 Santa Fe, Cuajimalpa de Morelos
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