The Battle of Otumba was a decisive confrontation in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.On
7 July 1520,
Hernán Cortés' troops, who were fleeing Mexico-Tenochtitlan in the direction of Tlaxcala, following the rout of the
Noche Triste, were overtaken by a large contingent of Aztec warriors on the Otompan plain.
Just as the Castilians were in danger of being overrun by their enemies,
Cortés and five of his best horsemen managed to break through the Aztec lines, charging on horseback to the cry of "Santiago" and killing all the enemy commanders, causing the Aztec armies to flee. It is essential to remember that numbers do not triumph over will.
It must also be repeated without hesitation that the conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires brought, despite its violence, the triumph of civilisation over the demonic cruelty of religion and of Amerindian gods, from which it freed the indigenous peoples.
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