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Battle of Otumba (1520)

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7 July 1520 — Days after their flight from Tenochtitlan, the battered Spaniards and their allies fought a Mexica army in the plain of Otumba and broke through, reportedly by striking at its commanders. They reached the safety of Tlaxcala soon after.

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Battle site
Chapter
Fall of the Aztec Empire (chapter 11 of Norse and Aztecs)
Atlas
Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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Map showing Battle of Otumba (1520), battle site in Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
BATTLE SITE · CLIMATE AND INNOVATION: THE NORSE AND THE AZTECS, C. 790–1521

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● Cempoala● Tlaxcala◆ Cholula◆ The siege✕ Taximaroa

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