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Calderón Bridge

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Calderón Bridge (käldārōn`), site of a decisive battle in the Mexican revolution against Spain, fought on the Lerma River E of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. On Jan. 17, 1811, insurgents commanded by Hidalgo y Costilla Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel (mēgĕl` ēthäl`gō ē kōstē`yä)
..... Click the link for more information.  met the royalists under Calleja del Rey Calleja del Rey, Félix María (fā`lēks märē`ä kälyā`hä dĕl rā)
..... Click the link for more information. . On the point of victory, Hildalgo's men were panicked by the explosion of an ammunition wagon. Their flight led to the collapse of the independence movement under Hidalgo.
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