Battle of Gonzales

When

2 Oct 1835

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

29.44° N, 97.52° W

Description

1835 first military engagement of the Texas Revolution

1835 battle of the Texas Revolution

The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican Army soldiers. In 1831, Green DeWitt asked the Mexican authorities to lend the Gonzales colonists a cannon to help protect them from frequent Comanche raids.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Texas Revolution – Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Gonzales”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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