Worth and John A. Quitman advance on…

May 1847 CE

Worth and John A. Quitman advance on Puebla, fifty miles (eighty kilometers) closer to Mexico City on May 14—15.

Expecting to encounter Santa Anna’s forces there, they find only two thousand cavalry, which they easily rout, and are pleasantly surprised by the decision of the town’s leaders and priests to open Puebla to the Americans.

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Puebla (de Zaragoza) Puebla Mexico View →

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Antonio López de Santa Anna View → William J. Worth View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Mexico, Second Federal Republic of View → California Territory View →

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Jacksonian Democracy (United States) View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View → Mexican-American War View →

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