Siege of Tampico

The siege of Tampico occurred during the Mexican Federalist War between the 26 May and 4 June 1839. The insurgents under the command of General Ignacio Escalada were besieged by Centralist forces under the command of General Mariano Arista. Escalada surrendered on the 4 June. The loss of the port was a major blow to the insurgency.^[1]

Siege of Tampico
Part of Mexican Federalist War
Date 3 June 1839 Location Tampico, Tamaulipas Result Centralist victory
Belligerents
Centralists	Insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Mariano Arista	Ignacio Escalada
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Notes

1. Jaques 2007, pp. 993–994.

References

• Jaques, Tony, ed. (2007), Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century (3 volumes ed.), Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 993–994, ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5

Further reading

• Leatherwood, Art (June 9, 2010), "Alcantra, Battle of", Handbook of Texas Online, The Texas State Historical Association, retrieved August 23, 2014