Conflict: | Battle of Tecoac |
Partof: | the Revolution of Tuxtepec |
Date: | November 16, 1876 |
Place: | Tecoac, Tlaxcala, Mexico |
Result: | Victory for Díaz |
Combatant1: | Federal Government |
Combatant2: | Tuxtepec rebels |
Commander1: | Ignacio R. Alatorre |
Commander2: | Porfirio Díaz |
Strength1: | 3,000 |
Strength2: | 7,800 |
The Battle of Tecoac (Spanish; Castilian: Batalla de Tecoac) was fought at Tecoac (municipality of Huamantla) in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala on November 16, 1876,[1] between the forces of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, then President of Mexico, and those of Porfirio Díaz. The battle was a victory for Díaz, who subsequently assumed the presidency himself; Lerdo went into exile in New York City.