ORDER OF BATTLE // April 19, 1813
Battle of La Chincúa
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 1,000 estimated
Mexican Rebels
1,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of La Chincúa, fought from April 19 through May 28, 1813, at a ranch at Tonalá, Chiapas, produced a victory for the Mexican rebel forces under Mariano Matamoros y Guridi against the royalist army commanded by General Miguel Dambrini. The engagement extended over roughly six weeks, indicating sustained pressure rather than a single decisive engagement. Within the broader Mexican War of Independence, rebel successes in southern regions such as Chiapas helped contest royalist control beyond the central heartland, demonstrating the geographic reach of the independence movement by 1813.
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