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The Battle of Orange Walk took place on 1 September 1872 when a force of Icaiche Maya led by attacked the town of Orange Walk in Belize. Canul had previously been involved in conflict with the British authorities over alleged infringements of his people's land rights and non-payment of rent and one motive for the raid may have been to seize the district magistrate for ransom. Canul and his men crossed the border from Mexico the day before the battle and were able to reach the town undetected by the British. They launched a surprise attack that caught the small garrison unaware – the British commanders were in the bath at the time the battle started. The British forces – a small detachment of the West India Regiment – successfully defended their barracks building for a number of hours, inf

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rdfs:comment	The Battle of Orange Walk took place on 1 September 1872 when a force of Icaiche Maya led by attacked the town of Orange Walk in Belize. Canul had previously been involved in conflict with the British authorities over alleged infringements of his people's land rights and non-payment of rent and one motive for the raid may have been to seize the district magistrate for ransom. Canul and his men crossed the border from Mexico the day before the battle and were able to reach the town undetected by the British. They launched a surprise attack that caught the small garrison unaware – the British commanders were in the bath at the time the battle started. The British forces – a small detachment of the West India Regiment – successfully defended their barracks building for a number of hours, inf (en)
foaf:name	Battle of Orange Walk (en)
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dcterms:subject	History of the Yucatán Peninsula Conflicts in 1872 History of British Honduras Maya history Wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America
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caption	Soldiers of the British West India Regiment. (en)
casualties	2 (xsd:integer) 30 (xsd:integer)
combatant	* British Honduras (en) Icaiche Maya people (en)
commander	Assistant Surgeon John Dallas Edge (en) Lieutenant Joseph Graham Smith (en) Marcus Canul (en)
conflict	Battle of Orange Walk (en)
date	1872-09-01 (xsd:date)
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partof	the Caste War of Yucatán (en)
place	Orange Walk Town, British Honduras (en)
result	British victory (en)
strength	39 (xsd:integer) 150 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	The Battle of Orange Walk took place on 1 September 1872 when a force of Icaiche Maya led by attacked the town of Orange Walk in Belize. Canul had previously been involved in conflict with the British authorities over alleged infringements of his people's land rights and non-payment of rent and one motive for the raid may have been to seize the district magistrate for ransom. Canul and his men crossed the border from Mexico the day before the battle and were able to reach the town undetected by the British. They launched a surprise attack that caught the small garrison unaware – the British commanders were in the bath at the time the battle started. The British forces – a small detachment of the West India Regiment – successfully defended their barracks building for a number of hours, inflicting heavy casualties on the Maya and fatally wounding Canul. The Maya then withdrew into Mexico. (en)
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causalties	2 killed, 14 severely wounded
combatant	*British Honduras Icaiche Mayapeople
date	1872-09-01 (xsd:date)
result	British victory
strength	150–180 men 39 men of theWest India Regiment
commander	dbr:John_Dallas_Edge dbr:Marcus_Canul
is part of military conflict	Caste War of Yucatán
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