San Salvador del Norte Incident

Not to be confused with the Battle of San Salvador del Norte.

San Salvador del Norte Incident
Part of the Creeperian Civil War
Pro-Miguel VII soldiers during the skirmish.
Date 2 January 1933 (1933-01-02) Location San Salvador del Norte, San Salvador del Norte, Creeperopolis Result Miguelist victory
Belligerents
Pro-Romero I soldiers	Pro-Miguel VII soldiers
Commanders and leaders
José Fernández Sotomayor † José Caballos Menéndez † Armando Fuentes Cobos	Sebastián Rivas Grijalva Carlos Durán Gómez (WIA) Alfonso Castro Gaitán
Units involved
34th Infantry Regiment (Pro-Romero I faction)	34th Infantry Regiment (Pro-Miguel VII faction)
Strength
500	750
Casualties and losses
44 killed 82 wounded 7 captured	22 killed 91 wounded 2 captured
3 civilians killed

The San Salvador del Norte Incident (Creeperian Spanish: Ինծիդենտե դե Սան Սալվադոր դել Նորտե), also known by the numeronym 2-J, was a military skirmish between Creeperian Army factions loyal to opposing claimants to the throne of Creeperopolis which occurred on 2 January 1933. The incident marked the beginning of the eighteen year-long Creeperian Civil War.

Leaders

Pro-Miguel VII faction

• Colonel Sebastián Rivas Grijalva
• Lt. Colonel Carlos Durán Gómez
• Lt. Colonel Alfonso Castro Gaitán

Pro-Romero I faction

• Colonel José Fernández Sotomayor
• Lt. Colonel José Caballos Menéndez
• Lt. Colonel Armando Fuentes Cobos

Course of events

Emperor Adolfo IV died on 2 January 1933 to Creeperian Malaria at 9:02am San Salvador Time (SST). The news was given to both Romero and Miguel, but both declared themselves the next rightful Emperor of Creeperopolis.

Hearing the news of Romero I declaring himself Emperor, Miguel ordered that the Creeperian Armed Forces immediately have Romero I arrested. Romero I did the same, and ordered the Creeperian Armed Forces to immediately arrest Miguel VII. The Creeperian Armed Forces quickly splintered into factions of the armed forces backing Romero I while the other half supported Miguel VII.

Romero I ordered the Armed Forces loyal to him to not attack soldiers loyal to Miguel VII for the time being. Miguel VII did the same, and ordered the Armed Forces loyal to him to not attack soldiers loyal to Romero I for the time being. However, at 7:23pm SST, soldiers loyal to Romero I encountered troops loyal to Miguel VII in a barrack in San Salvador del Norte. Both forces were ordered to secure the barrack to prevent the other side from securing the weapons inside. At 7:25pm SST, firing began, and both sides started to fire on the other. The soldiers loyal to Miguel VII overran the soldiers loyal to Romero I and forced them to retreat the barrack. The soldiers loyal to Romero I took up positions one block from the barrack taking the city capitol turning it into their fortification. It remains a mystery who was the first to fire their rifle in the barrack.

See also

Creeperopolis portal Terraconserva portal

• Christmas Putsch
• Crisis of 1928
• 1933 Salvadoran coup d'état

External links

• North San Salvador Incident (IIWiki; 9 February 2020) by Creeper