<P> The Battle of Puebla ( Spanish : Batalla de Puebla ; French : Bataille de Puebla ) took place on 5 May 1862 , near Puebla City during the Second French intervention in Mexico . The battle ended in a victory for the Mexican Army over the occupying French soldiers . The French eventually overran the Mexicans in subsequent battles , but the Mexican victory at Puebla against a much better equipped and larger French army provided a significant morale boost to the Mexican army and also helped slow the French army 's advance towards Mexico City . </P>
<P> The Battle of Puebla ( Spanish : Batalla de Puebla ; French : Bataille de Puebla ) took place on 5 May 1862 , near Puebla City during the Second French intervention in Mexico . The battle ended in a victory for the Mexican Army over the occupying French soldiers . The French eventually overran the Mexicans in subsequent battles , but the Mexican victory at Puebla against a much better equipped and larger French army provided a significant morale boost to the Mexican army and also helped slow the French army 's advance towards Mexico City . </P>
who did mexico defeat in the battle of puebla
who did mexico defeat in the battle of puebla
the occupying French soldiers
the occupying French soldiers