Battle of La Flor

Battle of La Flor
	Part of the Occupation of Nicaragua, Banana Wars
	La Flor Battle of La Flor (Nicaragua)
Date	13-14 May 1928
Location	La Flor, Nicaragua13°24′49.8″N 85°42′39.75″W / 13.413833°N 85.7110417°W
Result	Sandinistan victory
Belligerents
United States; Nicaragua	Sandinistas
Commanders and leaders
Cap. Robert S. Hunter †; Lt. Earl S. Piper	unknown
Strength
40 marines & national guard	75 guerrillas
Casualties and losses
2 killed; 1 wounded	5 killed

The Battle of La Flor was fought in May 1928 between the United States Marines, their Nicaraguan National Guardsmen allies, and a force of Sandinista rebels.^[3]^{: 339–341} It occurred at a hill north of the La Flor coffee plantation and ended with a rebel victory when the Americans and Nicaraguan National Guard troops were forced to withdraw.^[4]

^ Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura, República de Nicaragua. "Mapa municipal del Cuá - Red vial inventariada por tipo de superficie" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
^ "NICARAGUA: Pirates: Samaritans". Time. May 28, 1928. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010.
^ Musicant, I, The Banana Wars, 1990, New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., ISBN 0025882104
^ Nalty, pg. 26