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 Santiago Carpio Quiñónez Military Base, 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) Juan Quiñónez Videla
Units involved
34th Infantry Regiment (Pro-Romero I elements) 1st Infantry Company 3rd Infantry Company	34th Infantry Regiment (Pro-Miguel VII elements) 2nd Infantry Company 4th Infantry Company 1st Logistics Company
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-E, 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.

Names

The military skirmish of 2 January 1933 is most commonly known as the San Salvador del Norte Incident (Creeperian Spanish – Creeperian: Ինծիդենտե դե Սան Սալվադոր դել Նորտե; Creeperian Spanish – Iberic: Incidente de San Salvador del Norte), however, it is sometimes rendered as the "North San Salvador Incident" or its equivalent in academia in foreign nations. In Creeperopolis, the event is also known by the numeronym 2-E (2-Ե), standing for "2 January" in Creeperian Spanish (2 Enero).

Background

Political instability

Political violence in Creeperopolis peaked during the Crisis of 1928, when two prime ministers–Édgar Cazalla Beldad and Joel Lacasa Campos–were assassinated and street violence by the Falange Creeperiano, Atheist Red Army, and Camisas Negras went practically unchallenged by Creeperian security forces. Since the end of the crisis, and throughout the prime ministership of Tobías Gaos Nores, violence reduced, however, with the loss of the Creeperopolis national football team to Tirol in the 1932 Terraconservan Cup and subsequent riots led to a renewed series of street violence in the country.

Death of Adolfo IV

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.

Leaders

Pro-Miguel VII faction

• Lt. Colonel Sebastián Armando Rivas y Grijalva
• Lt. Colonel Carlos Emmanuel Durán y Gómez
• Lt. Colonel Juan Enrique Quiñónez y Videla

Pro-Romero I faction

• Colonel José Manuel Fernández y Sotomayor
• Lt. Colonel José de la'Cruz Caballos y Menéndez
• Lt. Colonel Armando Joaquín Fuentes y Cobos

Skirmish

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

Bibliography

• Pareja Palau, Orlando Óscar (1 May 2009). Written at San Romero, Creeperopolis. Գփերրա Ծիվիլ [Civil War]. History of the Fatherland (in Creeperian Spanish). I (2nd ed.). San Salvador, Creeperopolis: Impresión Creeperiano. pp. 37–55. ISBN 978-0-8330-4159-3. Retrieved 24 July 2022.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Pareja Palau, Orlando Óscar (15 September 2016). Written at San Romero, Creeperopolis. Սան Րոմերո Ի [Saint Romero I]. Monarchs of the Fatherland (in Creeperian Spanish). II (2nd ed.). San Salvador, Creeperopolis: Impresión Creeperiano. pp. 67–87. ISBN 9780803207943. Retrieved 24 July 2022.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

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