Looking for some online uniform information on Republican forces during the Maximilian Affair I came across part of a Mexican drama entitled Batalla 5 de Mayo about the Battle of Puebla, when the Republicans defeated the French interventionist army.
I won't vouch for the accuracy of the uniforms but the film does have a nice feel to it, even if I couldn't understand most of it (my Spanish is very poor). It is quite inspiring and it is a shame that the war is such a poor relative of the War Between the States across the Rio Grande from a wargames point of view (the uniforms are much nicer!)
Not bad. But my Spanish isn't great either. I'd have enjoyed it a lot more if it was.
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