Capitulation of Gualcince

Capitulation of Gualcince
Part of the Mexican annexation of El Salvador and Filísola's campaign in El Salvador
Date21 February 1823
Location
Gualcince, Honduras
Result

Mexican victory

  • End of the War with El Salvador[1][2]
Belligerents
Mexico Mexican Empire  El Salvador
Commanders and leaders
Mexico Vicente Filísola El Salvador Manuel Arce Surrendered
El Salvador Mariano Prado Surrendered
El Salvador Rafael Castillo Surrendered
El Salvador Feliciano Viviani Surrendered
Strength
200 800
Casualties and losses
None None

The Capitulation of Gualcince occurred during the Mexican annexation of El Salvador, on February 21, 1823, when Vicente Filísola after occupying San Salvador continued with a division and forced him to surrender his weapons and surrender.

Background

Before the fall of San Salvador, the army evacuated the city, under the command of Colonel Antonio José Cañas; General Manuel José Arce was carried in a bunk, due to his serious illness. In the city of Olocuilta, the Salvadoran Army organizes and forms a War Junta, which decided to go to the city of Granada to help the anti-imperialists, gave command of the troop Colonel Antonio José Cañas, appointing Colonel Feliciano Viviani as Second Chief; they evacuated the city and went to Honduras through Zacatecoluca.[3]

The capitulation

After Vicente Filísola captured San Salvador he continued with a division after the Salvadoran force under the command of Antonio José Cañas, Rafael Castillo and Mariano Prado after a short combat the Salvadorans were forced to surrender and capitulate to the Mexicans in the Town of Gualcince.[4][5] There Filísola not only issued and officers who wanted to leave the province in this way ended the war with El Salvador.[6]

Aftermath

Arce went to the United States of the North, and from the British establishment of Belize he wrote to Filisola thanking him for his human and generous behavior; but without denying by his expressions the firmness and dignity of his character Delgado remained in a hacienda.

On March 6 the Brigadier Vicente Filísola appoints Colonel Felipe Codallos, Mayor and Governor of the province of El Salvador, and leaves for Guatemala.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Montúfar, Manuel (1853). "Memorias para la historia de la revolución de Centro-América".
  2. ^ Marure, Alejandro (1895). Efemérides de los hechos notables acaecidos en la República de Centro-América Desde el año de 1821 hasta el de 1842. Universidad Francisco Marroquín Biblioteca Ludwig von Mises. Tipografía Nacional.
  3. ^ a b Monterey, Francisco J. (1996). Historia de El Salvador: 1810-1842 (in Spanish). Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de El Salvador.
  4. ^ Vidal, Manuel (1969). Nociones de historia de Centro América: especial para El Salvador (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Dirección General de Cultura, Dirección de Publicaciones.
  5. ^ Meléndez Chaverri, Carlos (2000). José Matías Delgado, prócer centroamericano. Internet Archive. San Salvador : Dirección de Publicaciones e Impresos, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y el Arte. ISBN 978-99923-0-057-2.
  6. ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (30 May 2024). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. History of Central America: Vol. VIII. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-385-48587-7.