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Prieto holding Tehuantepec since the middle of 1865, and making it a base for operations in this vicinity till the autumn of the following year.[1] Westward, among the Miztecs, the Austrians helped to hold several points, especially along the valley of the Atoyac, and round Tlajiaco. spring several advantages, notably at Jamiltepec and Putla,[2] and he thereupon turned his attention more
Battle of Miahuatlan.
Explanation of plan:
| Light rectangles with numbers designate the republicans, and black lines with letters the imperialists. | |
| 1. First position of General Diaz. | 5, 6. Advance of republicans. |
| 2. Second position of General Diaz. | A. First position of imperialists. |
| 3. First position of republicans. | B. Second position of imperialists. |
| 4. Second position of republicans. | C. Final position of imperialists |
| D. Dispersion of imperialists. | |
| The column in the upper left corner represents the commemorative monument raised on the adjoining hill. | |
directly to cutting off communication between Oajaca and Puebla, a task already undertaken with some effect by General Figueroa,[3] who in June had occu-
- ↑ When he died from fever, after a severe defeat near Juchitan in Sept., from which only 50 escaped to Tehuantepec, says Iglesias. See also Le Saint, Guerre, 155-6.
- ↑ Miahuatlan, Ejutla, and other places had risen for the republican cause early in the year.
- ↑ After seizing Villa Alta in Dec. 1865, this indefatigable aid of Diaz had
