NOUN
- a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)
How To Use Chapultepec In A Sentence
- Just southwest of the city, on a 200-foot-high hill, the castle of Chapultepec commanded key causeways and was the site of a military college.
- In 1848, U.S. siege batteries, composed of howitzers, guns, and mortars, proved essential in the Battle of Chapultepec and the capture of Mexico City.
