Western Hemisphere 73
MID#2311
Dispute Number: 2311
Date(s): November 19, 1913 to February 14, 1914
Participants: 200 United Kingdom/70 Mexico
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Unclear)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Great Britain dispatched a warship to Mexican waters to guard their inter-
ests during civil unrest. A contingent of marines was later dispatched from the ships
to Mexico City to protect the British legation there.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from November 20, 1913.
MID#2310
Dispute Number: 2310
Date(s): May 3, 1916 to May 6, 1916
Participants: 200 United Kingdom/70 Mexico
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Unclear)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Britain seized the Mexican Lloyd Company ship Leonore on May 3, 1916.
The crew was immediately released but the ship was kept as a prize.
Coding changes: End Date changed from May 4, 1916.
70 Mexico/220 France
MID#160
Dispute Number: 160
Date(s): March 21, 1838 to March 9, 1839
Participants: 220 France/70 Mexico
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Negotiated)
Fatalities: 101–250 deaths
Narrative: The first French intervention in Mexico is commonly called the “Pastry
War” as a result of its origins in the claims of a French baker living in Mexico at
the time. Mexico struggled after independence from Spain and, by this time, had
acquired a staggering debt to many European countries and owed reparations for
various injuries to foreign nationals as well. One significant claimant was France,
who took up the claims of a French baker living in Mexico who claimed his bakery
was looted and sacked on December 4, 1828, during another incident of domestic
strife.
Ten years passed with no satisfaction of French demands. French journalists in
Mexico turned the bakery incident into a cause celebre, arguing that a blockade was
appropriate. The French finally acted on the matter on March 21, 1838. A French
squadron arrived off the isle of Sacrificios (near Veracruz) and provided a list of
grievances to the Mexican government, chiefly: unpaid debts, the destruction of