He marched across Mexico and gathered an army of nearly 90,000 poor farmers and Mexican civilians who attacked and killed both Spanish Peninsulares and Criollo elites, even though Hidalgo's troops lacked training and were poorly armed.
Ia mendirikan angkatan bersenjata yang terdiri dari 90.000 petani miskin dan rakyat Meksiko, dan kemudian melancarkan serangan terhadap para royalis dan elit-elit Criollo, walaupun pasukan Hidalgo kurang terlatih dan kurang dipersenjatai.