Battle of Cuernavaca (1912)
The Battle of Cuernavaca was a battle during the Mexican Revolution, where Emiliano Zapata and his supporters rebelling against president Francisco I. Madero, who had recently overthrown the previous president Porfirio Díaz. Zapata was patrolling around his stronghold in the hills of Cuernavaca, where he was ambushed by a government force of Rurales under the command of the American Soldier of Fortune, Emil Lewis Holmdahl.
| Battle of Cuernavaca | |||||||
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| Part of the Mexican Revolution | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Zapatistas | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| E.L Holmdahl | Emiliano Zapata (WIA) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 50 | 50-100 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown, but heavy | ||||||
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