Commanders in this conflict included Admiral Charles Baudin, whose aide-de-camp Eugene Maissin kept a diary of the event.
Commanders in this conflict included Admiral Charles Baudin, whose aide-de-camp Eugene Maissin kept a diary of the event. It resulted in the dispatch of the schooner Woodbury by a third party seeking to protect its interests; that ship was detained and witnessed the bombarding of the fortress of San Juan de Ulua. It arose at least partly out of an accumulation of loan defaults on behalf of one party, though it's possible that it also stemmed from the complaint of Monsieur Remontel. Either way, it made a cause celebre out of a certain commander who was ►forced to amputate his leg after being shot with cannon fodder. FTP, name this war which began in 1838 between France and Mexico ostensibly over the looting of a chef's restaurant. 
Commanders in this conflict included Admiral Charles Baudin, whose aide-de-camp Eugene Maissin kept a diary of the event.
Pastry War