Battle of Parque (1912)

Battle of Parque
	Part of the Mexican Revolution
Date	Early, 1912
Location	Parque, Morelos, Mexico
Result	Government Victory Zapatistas retreat to Mountains;
Belligerents
Government; Federales; Maderistas;	Zapatistas
Commanders and leaders
Major E.L Holmdahl (WIA) Reinforcements; Colonel Peña	Unknown
Strength
27 Rurales Reinforcements; 100	300
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown, but heavy

The Battle of Parque 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. A group of Zapata's supporters attempted to ambush a train containing 27 Mexican Rurales under the command of the American Soldier of Fortune, Emil Lewis Holmdahl.

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