Battles of Acapulco

1st Battle of Acapulco
	Part of the Second French intervention in Mexico
	; Entry of the French division in the Bay of Acapulco, January 10, 1863.
Date	January 10–12, 1863
Location	Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico16°51′49″N 99°52′57″W / 16.8636°N 99.8825°W
Result	French victory, city evacuation, three forts rendered unoperational
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	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.

The Battle of Acapulco were a series of battles during the Second French intervention in Mexico. Acapulco was a key port of the Pacific trade routes and thus changed hands several times in the course of the Franco-Mexican war. In this period the population of the city had decreased from 6000 to 2000.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e John Augustus Sutter (1943). Allan R. Ottley (ed.). The Sutter Family and the Origins of Gold-Rush Sacramento. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806134932. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
^ Hubert Howe Bancroft; William Nemos; Thomas Savage; Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1888). History of Mexico Vol VI. (1861–1887). San Francisco: The History company. ISBN 9781147416466. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
^ Ministère de la marine et des colonies (1841). Annales maritimes et coloniales [Maritime and colonial history] (in French). Vol. 76. Paris, France: Imprimerie Royale. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Papers relative to Mexican affairs : Communicated to the Senate June 16, 1864. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1865. ISBN 9781425556730. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
^ "Recent Deaths". Boston Evening Transcript. Vol. LX, no. 18339. April 20, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mexico" (png). Wellington Independent. Vol. XVIII, no. 1869. May 16, 1863. p. 5. Retrieved June 26, 2012 – via Papers Past.
^ "The heat – a storm – Acapulco" (pdf). The Daily Alta California. Vol. 16, no. 5303. September 9, 1864. Retrieved June 27, 2012 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.^{[failed verification]}

[Sutter-1] John Augustus Sutter (1943). Allan R. Ottley (ed.). The Sutter Family and the Origins of Gold-Rush Sacramento. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806134932. Retrieved June 26, 2012.

[Bancroft-2] Hubert Howe Bancroft; William Nemos; Thomas Savage; Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1888). History of Mexico Vol VI. (1861–1887). San Francisco: The History company. ISBN 9781147416466. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

[fullname-3] Ministère de la marine et des colonies (1841). Annales maritimes et coloniales [Maritime and colonial history] (in French). Vol. 76. Paris, France: Imprimerie Royale. Retrieved July 3, 2012.

[GPO-4] Papers relative to Mexican affairs : Communicated to the Senate June 16, 1864. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1865. ISBN 9781425556730. Retrieved June 27, 2012.

[BostonEvening-5] "Recent Deaths". Boston Evening Transcript. Vol. LX, no. 18339. April 20, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved June 27, 2012.

[WellingtonInd-6] "Mexico" (png). Wellington Independent. Vol. XVIII, no. 1869. May 16, 1863. p. 5. Retrieved June 26, 2012 – via Papers Past.

[DailyAlta4-7] "The heat – a storm – Acapulco" (pdf). The Daily Alta California. Vol. 16, no. 5303. September 9, 1864. Retrieved June 27, 2012 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.^{[failed verification]}

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