royalist army under Félix María Calleja

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The royalist army under Félix María Calleja was a Spanish colonial force in New Spain noted for its disciplined, often brutal campaigns to suppress the Mexican War of Independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial military force ⓘ
counterinsurgency force ⓘ
royalist army ⓘ
activeIn Bajío region of New Spain ⓘ
Intendancy of Guanajuato ⓘ
Intendancy of Valladolid (Michoacán) ⓘ
New Spain ⓘ
allegiance Crown of Spain ⓘ
characteristic harsh reprisals against insurgents ⓘ
high discipline ⓘ
strict military organization ⓘ
use of summary executions ⓘ
commander Félix María Calleja del Rey ⓘ
commandStructure organized into brigades and divisions under Calleja’s command ⓘ
composedOf American-born royalist soldiers ⓘ
Spanish regular troops ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
cavalry units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
provincial militias ⓘ
conflict Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
effect weakening of early insurgent leadership in New Spain ⓘ
garrisonedIn Querétaro region ⓘ
linked to: Querétaro

San Luis Potosí ⓘ
goal preservation of Spanish rule in New Spain ⓘ
historicalReputation effective but brutal royalist force in the Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
languageOfCommand Spanish ⓘ
notableAction defeat of insurgent army at Puente de Calderón in January 1811 ⓘ
pursuit and dispersal of Hidalgo’s forces after Puente de Calderón ⓘ
siege and capture of Cuautla from forces of Morelos ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Aculco ⓘ
Battle of Guanajuato (1810) ⓘ
Battle of Puente de Calderón ⓘ
Siege of Cuautla ⓘ
opponent insurgent forces of Ignacio Allende ⓘ
insurgent forces of José María Morelos y Pavón ⓘ
insurgent forces of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla ⓘ
partOf Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
role suppression of the Mexican independence movement ⓘ
subordinateTo Spanish Ministry of War ⓘ
viceroyal government of New Spain ⓘ
supportedBy peninsular Spanish elites in New Spain ⓘ
royalist clergy in New Spain ⓘ
timePeriod circa 1810–1813 ⓘ
usedTactics encirclement and annihilation of insurgent columns ⓘ
public executions to deter rebellion ⓘ
scorched-earth measures against rebel-held areas ⓘ

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Siege of Cuautla → combatant → royalist army under Félix María Calleja ⓘ
José María Morelos y Pavón → capturedBy → Royalist forces of New Spain ⓘ
subject linked to: José María
linked to: royalist army under Félix María Calleja
Sitio de Cuautla → attacker → Spanish royalist army under Félix María Calleja ⓘ
linked to: royalist army under Félix María Calleja
Battle of Puente de Calderón → combatant → royalist army of New Spain ⓘ
linked to: royalist army under Félix María Calleja