Attempting to save his presidency, Mexican dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna launches a six-day siege of Acapulco, where rebel forces are based. The campaign proves unsuccessful, sparking further revolts against Santa Anna throughout Mexico. (By Brian Bockelman)
Source Citation
David F. Marley, Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1998), 527.
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