The Pastry War

The Pastry War was a war between France and Mexico City from November 27, 1838 - March 9, 1839. The war started because a French pastry chef named Remontel claimed that his pastry shop located in the Tacubaya district of New Mexico was ruined by Mexican officers in 1828. Remontel then went to France’s king, Louis-Philippe. Coming to a nationals aid. France then demanded 600,000 pesos in damages. The government of Mexico had millions of dollars worth of loans to pay back to France at the time, so diplomat Baron Antoine Louis Deffaudis gave Mexico an ultimatum to pay. After the president of Mexico, Anastasio Bustamante, refused to pay France, the king of France demanded a blockade of all Mexican ports from Yucatan to the Rio Grande. All of these events led up to the battle of Veracruz in 1838, the battle of Veracruz also known as “Battle of San Juan de Ulua” was a long, fatal battle. The French blockade very much hindered the Mexican economy, but the people in Veracruz just tried to wear down France’s forces until it would have to be lifted, the people of Mexico were very persistent in this. Since the Mexican people would not budge “General Manuel

Rincon” was finally sent a message from France, to open fire on the Mexican state. The bombs had gone from the early morning and by 3:00 already 220 people on Veracruz’s side had been killed. This conflict went on for a whole year and the Mexican Army was forced to evacuate the people of Veracruz. After a while the French and Mexican governments tried to negotiate, a peace treaty was eventually signed in 1839. The French would get their 600,000 pesos paid back, in exchange for better protection in Mexico.

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