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The Filisola's Campaign in El Salvador or also known Invasion of Filísola[1] took place in El Salvador, between Salvadoran and imperial forces led by General Vicente Filísola, the campaign was part of the Mexican-Salvadoran war and was decisive for the Mexican victory over El Salvador.[2]

Filísola's Campaigns (1823)
Part of Mexican annexation of El Salvador

Portrait of Vicente Filísola
Date30 November 1822 - 21 February 1823
Location
Result

Mexican victory

  • San Salvador is occupied by Mexican forces
  • San Vicente is occupied by Luis Ojeda[3]
  • End of the war with El Salvador[2][4][5][6]
  • Vicente Filisola becomes Head of State of El Salvador until May 7, 1823 [7]
Territorial
changes
El Salvador is annexed to the Mexican Empire[8]
Belligerents
Mexico Mexican Empire  El Salvador
Commanders and leaders
Mexico Vicente Filísola
Mexico Felipe Codallos
Mexico Luis Ojeda
Mexico Pedro Anaya
Mexico Nicomedes Callejo
Mexico Manuel Martínez
Mexico Francisco Miranda×
El Salvador Manuel Arce Surrendered
El Salvador Antonio Cañas
El Salvador Mariano Prado Surrendered
El Salvador Rafael Castillo Surrendered
El Salvador Vicente Villacorta
El Salvador Máximo Cordero
El Salvador Fernando Alcolsa  
Strength
2,310:
-2,000 infantry
-260 cavalry
-50 artillery
Imperialist report
5,000:[9]
-30 Cannons

Background

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Independence of Central America

On September 15, the council meeting finally declared the independence of Spain chaired by Gabino Gainza, written in its by the Honduran politician José Cecilio del Valle[10] and signed by others by other representatives of the Central American provinces

Campaign

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The campaign begins when Filisola arrives in Santa Ana where it is occupied[11], where it ignores the provincial congress and claims the empire's jurisdiction over it.[12]Positioned there I occupy Texistepeque and Metapan and then ventured into Quezaltepeque, where 10 Salvadorans died for the Mexican avant-garde.[13]On November 12, 1822, the legislative congress of El Salvador agreed to the annexation as long as the conditions of El Salvador were accepted, one of those was not to depend on Guatemala but on Mexico[1], Filísola did not accept the conditions.[14]

Aftermath

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Notes

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See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Reyes 1910, p. 223.
  2. ^ a b Montúfar 1853, p. 18.
  3. ^ Aguilar 1995, p. 93.
  4. ^ Bancroft 1887, p. 64.
  5. ^ Larin 1977, p. 35.
  6. ^ García 1940, p. 93.
  7. ^ Casa Presidencial.
  8. ^ Romero 1877, p. 131.
  9. ^ García 1940, p. 90.
  10. ^ Rosa 1882, p. 4.
  11. ^ Montúfar 1853, p. 16.
  12. ^ Monterey 1996, p. 98.
  13. ^ Vásquez Oliveira 2006, p. 112.
  14. ^ Monterey 1996, p. 97.

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Montúfar, Manuel (1853). Memorias para la historia de la revolución de Centro-América (in Spanish). Imprenta de la Paz, 1853.
  • Romero, Matías (1877). Bosquejo historico de la agregacion á México de Chiapas y Soconusco y de las negociaciones sobre limites entabladas por Mexico con Centro-America y Guatemala (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno, en palacio, a cargo de F. Mata, 1877.
  • Howe Bancroft, Hubert (1887). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume VIII. BoD – Books on Demand, 2024. ISBN 9783385485853.
  • 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.
  • Aguilar Avilés, Gilberto (1995). --Tu historia, blasón de héroes y mártires (in Spanish). CONCULTURA.
  • Rosa, Ramón (1882). Biografía de Don José Cecilio del Valle (in Spanish). Tipografía Nacional,Tegucigalpa.
  • Monterey, Francisco J. (1996). Historia de El Salvador: anotaciones cronológicas 1810-1842 (in Spanish) (Third ed.). Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de El Salvador, 1996.
  • Reyes, Rafael (1910). Nociones de historia del Salvador: Precedidas de un resumen de historia . (in Spanish). Tall. Grf. de JosCasamaj.

Web sources

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