Tuesday, 15 December 2009

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Military campaign Military campaign XX The Cross of Burgundy was a banner of the royal armies, the symbol of the Habsburg Empire from Charles I. On the morning of 16 September 1810, the cry of Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! Down with bad government! Viva Fernando VII!, Hidalgo turned Presidio Dolores, accompanied by a handful of poorly armed peasants and less prepared for the military. Released prisoners and armed his army with the limited supplies available in the local armory. He had also, with the reinforcements that could provide Mariano Allende and Abasolo, army officials. Accompanied by this force whose magnitude is unknown, first went to Atotonilco the Great, took the banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe, considered the first Mexican flag. Here again harangued his troops with the cry of Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe, viva Fernando VII, and went to San Miguel el Grande, where they arrived to reinforce Abasolo and Allende.On his departure from San Miguel el Grande, the insurgent troops remained mostly rural. On their way to villages in the east of Guanajuato were added to it new members. But most of the natives were not welcome the lifting of the conspirators of Queretaro. Even on the Ignacio Allende began to look askance at Hidalgo, who later accused of having been carried away by the mob. So, the Insurgent Army left for Celaya, where he obtained his first major victory on September 20, 1810. Waving a portrait of Ferdinand VII, the troops took the city and looted it. In this population, Miguel Hidalgo was proclaimed Generalissimo of America, being in command of the army over Allende, who was doubtless more skillful in regard to military tactics. Celaya, due out insurgents on their way north and seized Salamanca, Irapuato and Silao. They arrived in Guanajuato on September 29. View...