The Consulate General of Mexico in Laredo celebrated the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Puebla on Monday. The event was held at Plaza San Agustin before the statue of Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza ...

On May 5, 1862, Mexican forces -- largely outnumbered by French forces -- achieved an unlikely victory in the Battle of Puebla. Mexico lost fewer than 100 out of 2,000 men in the battle, while ...

TODAY, THE Fifth of May, is officially Cinco de Mayo. It marks the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Puebla was Pueblo's first sister city.

Behind modern Cinco de Mayo celebrations is the 1862 Battle of Puebla, a Mexican triumph over French colonial forces. General Zaragoza’s Mexican army outside repels French forces during the ...

The celebration of the Battle of Puebla also acknowledges the heroic role of Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, a 32-year officer from Goliad, Texas, and South Texas cowboys who joined the fight to defend ...

Somehow the French army was defeated in Puebla -- ergo The Battle of Puebla on May 5th, 1862. This was a huge deal for Mexico, and the French retreated. 3) That's Not the Last Mexico Saw of France.

In preparation for the famous battle of Puebla, Gen. Zaragoza recruited around 500 Tejano cowboys from the Jim Wells County area of South Texas who served as cavalrymen in the fight against French ...

And they have shared the story of the Battle of Puebla through cocktails. (If you’re wondering, no, no salt-rimmed ‘ritas here.) Los Tlacuaches started popping up three years at Las Almas Rotas.

This set the stage for the May 5, 1862 battle of Puebla, a city located on the road from the coastal city of Veracruz to Mexico City, ...

A man taking part in the commemoration of a new anniversary of Mexico's victory over France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862, poses for pictures at Penon de los Banos neighbourhood in Mexico City ...

It’s been 148 years since the Mexican army under the command of Gen. Ignacio Zaragosa, stopped Napoleon III’s invading army at Puebla, Mexico, but the battle that took place on May 5, 1862 ...