✦ History

Part of Mexican-American War

Battle of Molino del Rey

September 8, 1847 · Battle of Molino del Rey

Result American victory

A costly American attack on the mills below Chapultepec.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

Mexico

United States
Mexico
Winfield Scott military commander William J. Worth military commander
Antonio León military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
9,800
Killed
116
Wounded
671
Missing
18
Strength
4,000
Casualties
2,700
Killed
269
Wounded
500
Captured
685

Units

Scott's army in Mexico
Santa Anna's army (1846–1847)

Also involved 1