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Second Battle of Tabasco

Second Battle of Tabasco

15–16 June 1847, San Juan Bautista (Villahermosa), Grijalva river

American victory; San Juan Bautista occupied

Perry came back to the Grijalva with a larger force. Ambushed from the river banks on the way up, he landed more than 1,100 sailors and marines with field guns and marched them on the town while the steamers fought past the obstructions in the river. The defenders fell back and San Juan Bautista was occupied, but disease soon forced the Americans out again.

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Disembarkation in San Juan Bautista, capital of the Mexican state of Tabasco, during the American intervention carried out between 1846 and 1847. On October 25 and 26, 1846 the "First Battle of Tabasco" was developed in which the Tabasco forces were victorious. On June 16, 1847, the "Second Battle o Image: Alfonsobouchot, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

United States Navy

2+ ships, none lost

ShipTypeOutcome
USS Scorpion

Perry's flagship

Steamer

Survived
USS Spitfire

Gunboat

Survived
Flotillas and other craftNumberLost

Other steamers and gunboats

Several?

Mexican forces

No ships engaged

Forts, batteries and aircraftStrengthOutcome

Riflemen and breastworks along the river

Ambushed the column from the banks on the way up and held entrenchments below the town before withdrawing.

Not recorded

Fell back

Map

  • Back up the Grijalva June 1847