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Siege of Cuautla

Siege of Cuautla
Part of the Mexican War of Independence
Mapa Cuautla.jpg
Map of Cuautla Amilpas (today known as Cuautla Morelos) drawn in 1812.
Date 9 February - 2 May 1812
Location Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico
Result Disputed, Mexican rebels abandon the city after 72 days of Spanish siege.
Belligerents
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png Mexican Rebels Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png Gen. José María Morelos y Pavón
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png
Mariano Matamoros
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png Hermenegildo Galeana
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png Leonardo Bravo
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png Víctor Bravo
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png Nicolás Bravo
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png José Antonio Galeana
Bandera de José María Morelos en 1812.png Manuel de Ordiera
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Viceroy Francisco Xavier Venegas
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Félix María Calleja
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Ciriaco del Llano
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg José Gabriel de Armijo
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg José Antonio Andrade
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Captain Anastasio Bustamante
Strength
~17,000 soldiers ~12,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
6,000 3,000

The Siege of Cuautla was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred from 9 February through 2 May 1812 at Cuautla, Morelos. The Spanish royalist forces loyal to the Spanish, commanded by Félix María Calleja, besieged the town of Cuautla and its Mexican rebel defenders fighting for independence from the Spanish Empire. The rebels were commanded by José María Morelos y Pavón, Hermenegildo Galeana, and Mariano Matamoros. The battle results are disputed, but it is generally agreed that the battle resulted more favorably for the Spanish whose siege was ultimately successful with the Mexican withdrawal on 2 May 1812.

The siege had many consequences to the political, military and social environment in the contemporary Viceroyalty of New Spain which was ruled since 1810 by Francisco Xavier Venegas. Calleja was turned from military commander of all central Mexico to the military commander of Mexico City after fears began of an insurgent attack on the capital. Morelos would continue gaining strength, reinforcing his army and taking new cities throughout the south of the country such as Oaxaca and Córdoba. A further consequence came with the rise to the throne of Ferdinand VII of Spain, when Venegas was relieved of his command as viceroy in February 1813.


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