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skos:altLabel | - bombarded
- Fall of Acapulco
- First battle of Acapulco
- Second battle of Acapulco
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clgo:combatant | - French Empire
- Mexican Empire
- Mexican Republicans
- 22pxUnited States
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clgo:notes | - Americans remained neutral. US Navy only observed the blockade and defended its trade interests but also protected the city from looting during the interregnum.
- Americans remained neutral. According to the accounts Don Juan Sutter raised the American flag onto a boat and sailed to the French flagship Pallas across the cannon fire. He convinced Admiral Bouet to stop the shelling of civilian houses.
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clgo:result | - French victory, city surrender
- Imperial victory, city surrender
- French victory, city evacuation, three forts rendered unoperational
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clgo:strength | - (withdrawn)
- 5 vessels
- 100 marines
- 1500 (New York Times est.)
- 4 men-o-wars
- 400 soldiers,two French vessels
- 4000 (Sacramento Daily Union est.)
- 581 men
- 860 men
- Warship Saginaw
- Warship Saranac
- ~dozen garrison
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