Cordero's Expedition

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Cordero's Expedition
Santa Rosa Honduras siglo XIX.jpg
Date 1838
Location
Result

Honduran victory [1]

  • Defeat of Guatemalan forces [2]
Combatants
Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg  Honduras Flag of Guatemala (1839-1843).svg  Guatemala
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg Ciriaco Braan y Carrascosa
Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg Eusebio Toro
Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg José Trinidad Cabañas
Flag of Guatemala (1839-1843).svg Indalecio Cordero
Strength
Flag of Honduras (1839-1866).svg 107 Flag of Guatemala (1839-1843).svg 300
Casualties and losses
9 killed

13 killed
33 wounded
56 prisoners

Total: 102 Casualties

Cordero's Expedition was an unsuccessful expedition by the Guatemalan commander, Indalecio Cordero in 1838.

In 1838, once the State of Honduras had been declared, the Guatemalan general Indalecio Cordero, of republican ideology, attacked western Honduras and took the town of Santa Rosa de Los Llanos while a transition occurred in the Honduran presidency between José María Martinez Salinas and José Lino Matute. In response, the unionist general José Trinidad Cabañas immediately ordered the movement of troops, commanded by General Eusebio Toro and General Ciriaco Braan y Carrascosa, for the defense of the inhabitants and their properties. After General Cordero was cornered, he retreated to Guatemala, defeated. 300 soldiers of the Guatemalan army invaded Honduras, but the liberal forces of José Trinidad Cabañas, composed of 107 soldiers plus two officers, stopped the invasion, which caused a victory for the Honduran Army, the first in its history.

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