Battle of Cuernavaca (1912)

Battle of Cuernavaca
Part of the Mexican Revolution
Date Summer, 1912 Location Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Result Government Victory
Belligerents
Government Federales Maderistas	Zapatistas
Commanders and leaders
E.L Holmdahl	Emiliano Zapata (WIA)
Strength
50	50-100
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown, but heavy

The Battle of Cuernavaca was a battle during the Mexican Revolution, where Emiliano Zapata and his supporters rebelling against president Francisco I. Madero, who had recently overthrown the previous president Porfirio Díaz. Zapata was patrolling around his stronghold in the hills of Cuernavaca, where he was ambushed by a government force of Rurales under the command of the American Soldier of Fortune, Emil Lewis Holmdahl.