La Noche Triste
| La Noche Triste (The Night of Sorrows) | |||||||
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| Part of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire | |||||||
Noche Triste | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Crown of Castile Spanish Empire Confederacy of Tlaxcala | Aztec Triple Alliance | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Hernán Cortés (WIA) Pedro de Alvarado (WIA) Gonzalo de Sandoval Diego de Ordaz Francisco de Saucedo Francisco de Lugo Alonso de Ávila Cristóbal de Olid Juan Vázquez de León | Cuitláhuac | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Varies; likely 1,000–2,000 Spanish and 12,000 Tlaxcaltec native allies | 20,000 Aztec warriors; likely more in reserves | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Between 800 and 1200 Spanish killed, drowned, or captured; around 4,000 Tlaxcaltecs killed or captured | Unknown | ||||||
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La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.