This obelisk commemorating the victims is located in the Central Plaza of San Jose del Cabo.
Made of black stone, it is triangular and ends in cornices.
It has a pedestal on three different steps.
It has the inscription:
Homenaje a los defensores de la soberanía nacional
contra la invasión norteamericana
Jose Antonio Miliares
Mauricio Castilo Cota
Gabriel González Pereyra
Vicente Sotomayor
José Matías Moreno
Manuel Pineda Muñoz
EN: "Tribute to the defenders of national sovereignty against the North American invasion
Jose Antonio Miliares
Mauricio Castilo Cota
Gabriel González Pereyra
Vicente Sotomayor
José Matías Moreno
Manuel Pineda Muñoz"
"September 13, 1847, Heroic Deed of Chapultepec.
The Mexico-United States of America War (1846-1848) intensified in January 1847, with the arrival of General Winfield Scott and his troops at the port of Veracruz. While for the development of the defensive campaign, from August of that same year, the Mexican troops concentrated in the Valley of Mexico and tried to avoid the capture of this City.
After the confrontations that took place in Padierna, Churubusco and Molino del Rey on August 19 and 20, and September 8, 1847, the Mexican troops were at a clear disadvantage to stop the advance of the North American column, however the regular units and civic militias that the nation had for its defense concentrated on the slopes of Cerro de Chapultepec, for this reason General Scott decided to launch himself on this position.
The bombardments to this point began on September 12, 1847, which shook the foundations of the installation and caused havoc among the Mexican forces. During the day of September 13, the North American columns advanced to the west and south of Cerro de Chapultepec with a force of more than 7,000 men.
The defense of the Mexican troops was arranged with just over 800 soldiers distributed in different positions; 250 men remained in the south wall and west trench of the forest, 160 men in the horn, 80 in the north edge of the forest, 92 in the roundabout of the access ramp, 42 men in the trench immediately to this roundabout and 243 men in Chapultepec Castle, not counting the commanders, officers and students of the Military College who decided to stay to face the US troops.
The American advance at first was rapid, they found little resistance on the slopes of the hill; The enemy infantry continued their advance until they reached the cleared area where they halted and reorganized for the assault on the castle, while another fraction did so on the south side of the hill, causing the Mexican troops to entrench themselves in the "Plaza de Armas".
Another part of the Americans advanced up the ramp, a place defended by the San Blas Coast Guard Active Battalion, which fought the invader on the slopes of the hill. Inside the facility, close hand-to-hand combat took place between the cadets and the American soldiers.
Approximately, at ten o'clock in the morning, the Chapultepec Castle was in the hands of the North Americans, practically the assault carried out by the North American infantry lasted about an hour.
Among the casualties suffered by the Mexican Army are: 1 Chief, 1 officer, (Lt. Cor. Felipe Santiago Xicoténcatl, Lieutenant Juan de la Barrera, and 5 students (cadets Francisco Márquez, Fernando Montes de Oca, Vicente Suárez, Agustín Melgar and Juan Escutia.).
The remains of the Children Heroes rest in the Altar to the Homeland, located at the entrance of the Chapultepec forest, since November 27, 1952, their actions constitute an example for future generations for their demonstration of honor, courage, loyalty and patriotism to the people of Mexico."
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