Battle of Camarón

The Battle of Camarón was a last stand engagement fought on 30 April 1863 between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican Army, during the Second French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867). A small French detachment of 65 men, led by Captain Jean Danjou, was escorting a supply convoy when it was surrounded near the village of Camarón de Tejeda in Veracruz by a force of around 2,000 Mexican troops. Refusing repeated calls to surrender, the legionnaires made a determined defensive stand at the Hacienda Camarón, holding out for nearly eleven hours until they were either killed, wounded, or captured.

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1863  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Battle of Camaron
battle, Mexico, 

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1863 Battle of Camarón

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Camerone

Cameron Battle (Mexico), 30 April 1863 - La Bataille de Camerone (Mexique))

Destruction of the French Zouaves in the battle of Camarón, 1863

Destruction of the French Zouaves in the battle of Camarón, 1863

Hacienda Camerone

1863 - Légion - Milan

1863 - Légion - camerone2

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Obelisco de camaron

Haciendadelatrinidad

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Camarón	battle	Wikidata
commons	image		Camerone		Commons
commons	image		Cameron Battle (Mexico), 30 April 1863 - La Bataille de Camerone (Mexique))		Commons
commons	image		Destruction of the French Zouaves in the battle of Camarón, 1863		Commons
commons	image		Destruction of the French Zouaves in the battle of Camarón, 1863		Commons
commons	image		Hacienda Camerone		Commons
commons	image		1863 - Légion - Milan		Commons
commons	image		1863 - Légion - camerone2		Commons
commons	image		Normal mexico atoyac 0		Commons
commons	image		Obelisco de camaron		Commons
commons	image		Haciendadelatrinidad		Commons