On 5 December, French troops attacked the city, and captured it back, bringing an end to the war. On 30 November, the Mexican president declared war on France, and Mexican troops under General Antonio López de Santa Anna reoccupied Veracruz. On 28 November, a convention was signed and the French flag was raised in the Veracruz garrison, with one thousand French troops authorised to be stationed there. On 27 November 1838, Veracruz was bombarded. A blockade of Veracruz and Tampico was announced. In 1837, ships under the command of rear-admiral Botherel de Labretonnière demonstrated of the coast of Veracruz, and in March 1838 a naval division – comprising six ships – arrived of the coast of Veracruz.
The Mexican government refused to compensate them for the damages.
Sophie was known to have been close to the Duke of Reichstadt, son of Napoleon I, and it was rumoured that Maximilian was actually the son of the duke, and not of Franz Karl.ġ838 – 1839: The Franco-Mexican War, known as the Pastry War, came about because of long-standing Mexican debt and also because French citizens (and a well-known pastry chef to the presidency, hence the sobriquet) in Mexico had their businesses damaged or destroyed during a period of political instability. This timeline forms part of our close-up on: the Mexican campaign, 1862-1867.Ħ July 1832: Ferdinand Maximilian, second son of Archduke Franz Karl and Princess Sophie of Bavaria, was born in Schönbrunn, Austria.
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