Battle of Molino del Rey

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkbp:aftermath Capture of Mexico City
gptkbp:casualties American casualties approximately 1,000
Mexican casualties approximately 1,500
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Winfield_Scott
gptkb:General_Manuel_María_Lombardini
gptkbp:date September 8, 1847
gptkbp:depicted_in Historical paintings
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Mexico_City
gptkbp:historical_context Part of U. S. expansionism
Part of Mexican resistance
gptkbp:historical_significance Contributed to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Demonstrated U. S. military capability
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Molino del Rey
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in Military historians
Various monuments in the U. S.
gptkbp:is_involved_in Infantry units
Artillery units
Cavalry units
gptkbp:legacy Influenced future U. S. military strategy
Symbol of U. S.-Mexico relations
gptkbp:location Mexico City, Mexico
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:William_B._Franklin_Jr.
gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:George_C._Meade
gptkb:Colonel_James_A._Garfield
gptkb:Daniel_E._Sickles
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:John_G._Foster_Jr.
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:President_Barack_Obama
gptkb:Sir_Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:James_B._Mc_Pherson
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:Gerald_R._Ford
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:George_H._W._Bush
gptkb:Joe_Biden
gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:George_Crook
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:James_Longstreet
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Thomas_J._Jackson
gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Henry_W._Halleck
gptkb:Rutherford_B._Hayes
gptkb:Stephen_W._Kearny
gptkb:William_S._Rosecrans
gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkb:John_Sedgwick
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkb:John_A._Quitman_Jr.
gptkb:Alfred_Pleasonton
gptkb:John_F._Reynolds
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkb:George_Mc_Clellan
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:David_E._Twiggs
gptkbp:outcome Strengthened U. S. position in the war
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Mexican-American_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_Chapultepec
gptkbp:result American victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic position for the assault on Mexico City
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of key supply routes
Capture of Mexican fortifications
gptkbp:tactics Artillery bombardment
Infantry assault