The Battle of Chinameca took place on December 12, 1823, between the imperial forces led by Manuel Martínez and the Salvadoran forces by Manuel José Arce and Rafael Castillo, the latter being the winners.
| Battle of Chinameca (1822) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Filísola's campaign in El Salvador | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Mexican Empire |
 El Salvador | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Manuel Martínez |
Manuel Arce Rafael Castillo | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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300 soldiers 2 cannons |
600 soldiers 6 cannons | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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110 rifles[2] 2 cannons | Unknown | ||||||||
Background
editBattle
editAftermath
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ Monterey 1996, p. 99.
- ^ García 1939, p. 626.
Bibliography
editBooks
edit- Monterey, Francisco J. (1996). Historia de El Salvador: 1810-1842 (Third ed.). Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de El Salvador, 1996.
- García, Miguel Ángel (1939). El doctor José Matías Delgado (in Spanish) (Second ed.). Imprenta nacional.
- Larde Y Larin, Jorge (1977). Orígenes de la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador (in Spanish). Ministerio de Defensa y de Seguridad Pública, 1977.
- García, Joaquín (1940). Lucha de San Salvador contra el imperio, 1821-1823 (in Spanish). Imprenta nacional, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1940. ISBN 1391741706.