Capitulation of Gualcince
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| Capitulation of Gualcince | |||||||
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| Part of the Mexican annexation of El Salvador and Filísola's campaign in El Salvador | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Mexican Empire |
 El Salvador | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Vicente Filísola |
Manuel Arce  Mariano Prado Rafael Castillo Feliciano Viviani | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Capitulation of Gualcince occurred during the Mexican annexation of El Salvador, on February 21, 1823, when Vicente Filísola after occupying San Salvador continued with a division and forced him to surrender his weapons and surrender.
Before the fall of San Salvador, the army evacuated the city, under the command of Colonel Antonio José Cañas; General Manuel José Arce was carried in a bunk, due to his serious illness. In the city of Olocuilta, the Salvadoran Army organizes and forms a War Junta, which decided to go to the city of Granada to help the anti-imperialists, gave command of the troop Colonel Antonio José Cañas, appointing Colonel Feliciano Viviani as Second Chief; they evacuated the city and went to Honduras through Zacatecoluca.[3]
The capitulation
After Vicente Filísola captured San Salvador he continued with a division after the Salvadoran force under the command of Antonio José Cañas, Rafael Castillo and Mariano Prado after a short combat the Salvadorans were forced to surrender and capitulate to the Mexicans in the Town of Gualcince.[4][5] There Filísola not only issued and officers who wanted to leave the province in this way ended the war with El Salvador.[6]