Battle of Cerro Gordo

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Mexican-American War. Result: Rout of Mexican army blocking the U.S. march into central Mexico.

Moving up from Veracruz along the National Road, Major General Winfield Scott’s 8,500-man army encountered Mexican forces at the Rio de Plan on April 11. Over the next six days, U.S. engineers scouted the Mexican positions. General Antonio López de Santa Anna, commanding more than 12,000 men, had established a strong defense on his right, which controlled a defile through which the National Road ran. He relied...

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