siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Cuautla
Siege of Cuautla was a siege conducted on 9 February 1812 at Monterrey, in what is now Mexico. It was part of the Mexican War of Independence, which ran from 1800 to 1821. The recorded result: Disputed, Mexican rebels abandon the city after 72 days of Spanish siege. Recorded strength: ~17,000 soldiers against ~12,000 soldiers.
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Record
| Date | 9 February 1812 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Monterrey, Mexico 18.812N, 98.956W | |
| Part of | Mexican War of Independence (1800 to 1821) | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Disputed, Mexican rebels abandon the city after 72 days of Spanish siege. | |
| Belligerents | Mexican Rebels | Spanish Empire |
| Commanders | Gen. José María Morelos y Pavón; Mariano Matamoros; Hermenegildo Galeana; Leonardo Bravo; Víctor Bravo; Nicolás Bravo; José Antonio Galeana; Manuel de Ordiera | Viceroy Francisco Xavier Venegas; Félix María Calleja; Ciriaco del Llano; José Gabriel de Armijo; José Antonio Andrade; Captain Anastasio Bustamante |
| Strength | ~17,000 soldiers | ~12,000 soldiers |
| Casualties and losses | 6,000 | 3,000 |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Cuautla 1911, 0.8 km
- Battle of Atlixco 1862, 54 km
- Battle of Churubusco 1847, 64 km
- Batalla del Monte de las Cruces 1810, 69 km
- Siege of Mexico City 1867, 70 km
In the same war
- Before: Batalla del Monte de las Cruces 30 October 1810
- After: Siege of Huajuapan de León 5 April 1812
- All 7 engagements of Mexican War of Independence
Elsewhere in 1812
- Battle of Borodino Russia
- Battle of Berezina Belarus
- Battle of Smolensk Russia
- Battle of Salamanca Spain
- Battle of Maloyaroslavets Russia
Siege of Cuautla is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 78 in present-day Mexico.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3485870, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Cuautla, revision 1370740491, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.