18 April 1847
Battle of Cerro Gordo
Defeated by General Scott
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cerro Gordo in Mexico. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeated by General Scott
Santa Anna is defeated by Scott at Cerro Gordo during the advance from Veracruz
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