Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . defence ofthe southeastern states, Oaxaca, part of Puebla,Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, tookup a position between Puebla and Oaxaca. Afterthe arrival of the emperor, Maximilian, in April,1864, and during the period of intervention andempire, he constituted one of the mainstays of therepublican cause, through an uninterrupted seriesof difficulties and hardships, and, with an effectiveforce that never exceeded 5,000, composed of troopsfor the most part ill-armed and ill-munitioned, andwith insufficient means of support, he turned thetide o
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . defence ofthe southeastern states, Oaxaca, part of Puebla,Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, tookup a position between Puebla and Oaxaca. Afterthe arrival of the emperor, Maximilian, in April,1864, and during the period of intervention andempire, he constituted one of the mainstays of therepublican cause, through an uninterrupted seriesof difficulties and hardships, and, with an effectiveforce that never exceeded 5,000, composed of troopsfor the most part ill-armed and ill-munitioned, andwith insufficient means of support, he turned thetide of invasion. But at last the imperial troops,after success in other parts of Mexico, turned theirattention seriously to the southern states, and, in-vading the state of Oaxaca, besieged Diaz in thecapital, where he was forced to capitulate in Febru-ary, 1865, and was a second time taken a prisonerto Puebla, but a second time escaped in the next year he was again at the head, of 900men in the east, and won at Miahuatlan a victory. dIaz DIAZ 107 over more than double his forces. In the battle ofLa Carbonera he took 500 Austrian prisoners. A ttevthe French army had abandoned Mexico, in Feb-ruary, 1867, Diaz rapidly augmented his forces,and, together with the forces of Gens. AlatorreandAlvarez, who joined him, besieged Puebla, com-manded by Gen. Oronos. After a bloody assault,,the city was captured, 2 April, 1867. Diaz imme-diately marched against the army of Marquez, whohad attempted to relieve Puebla, defeating him atSan Lorenzo, and, after his retreat to the city ofMexico, laid siege to that city, which surrenderedon 21 June, 18G7. Some acts of cruelty were attrib-uted to Diaz during this campaign. In the Frenchchambers, and especially in the senate, gravecharges were brought against him for his unmerci-ful conduct toward those who fell into his power,and crimes were mentioned by Marshal Forey andseveral senators in the session of March, Keratry, in his E
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