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Battle of Camarón

Battle of Camarón was a battle fought on 30 April 1863 at Camarón de Tejeda, in what is now Mexico. It was part of Second French intervention in Mexico, which ran from 1861 to 1867. The recorded result: Mexican victory. Recorded strength: 3,300 against 65.

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Battle of Camarón
Jean-Adolphe Beaucé, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought30 April 1863
WhereCamarón de Tejeda, Mexico19.017N, 96.617W
OutcomeMexican victory
BelligerentsMexicoagainstSecond French Empire
Casualties and losses300 killed; 500 woundedand41 killed; 17 wounded; 24 captured
Part ofSecond French intervention in Mexico1861 to 1867

Where it sits in Second French intervention in Mexico

Battle of Atlixco, 1862Battle of Puebla, 1862Battle of Barranca Seca, 1862Battle of Cerro del Borrego, 1862Battle of Acapulco, 1863Siege of Puebla, 1863Battle of Camarón, 1863Battle of San Pablo del Monte, 1863Capture of Morelia, 1863Battle of Guanajuato, 1863Battle of San Juan Bautista, 1864Capture of Mazatlán, 1864Capture of Durango, 1864Capture of Monterrey, 1864Battle of San Pedro, 1864Battle of Parral (1865), 1865Battle of Tacámbaro, 1865Battle of la Loma, 1865Battle of Chihuahua, 1866Battle of Miahuatlán, 1866Battle of La Carbonera, 1866Battle of Guayabo, 1866Third Battle of Puebla, 1867Siege of Mexico City, 186718621867Battle of Camarón, 1863
24 placed engagements of Second French intervention in Mexico in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date30 April 1863
PlaceCamarón de Tejeda, Mexico
19.017N, 96.617W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength3,30065
Casualties and losses300 killed; 500 wounded41 killed; 17 wounded; 24 captured
Commanders
  • Francisco de Paula Milán
  • Jean Danjou
Battle of CamarónBattle of CamarónBattle of FortínSiege of VeracruzFirst Siege of VeracruzSecond Siege of VeracruzSiege of VeracruzBattle of FortínSiege of VeracruzFirst Siege of VeracruzPueblaTehuacanTeziutlánHuajuapan de LeónSantiago TuxtlaTlaxcalaXalapaAcatlan100 km19.017N, 96.617W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Camarón
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Camarón today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-02-27. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 349 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 433 m, 433 m of relief, steep country and today it is 35% cropland, 33% grassland, 15% shrubland.

cropland: 35%grassland: 33%shrubland: 15%tree cover: 14%built-up: 3%cropland 35%grassland 33%shrubland 15%tree cover 14%built-up 3%
west to east, 10.0 km260 to 426 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 352 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Elsewhere in 1863

Battle of Camarón is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 164 in present-day Mexico.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q399224, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Camarón, revision 1370435969, 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.