This article is about the 1813 battle in Texas. For battle the previous year in Arabia, see Battle of Medina (1812). For the similarly-named 1991 battle in Iraq, see Battle of Medina Ridge.
Battle of Medina
Part of the Mexican War of Independence
Date
August 18, 1813
Location
Medina River Valley, Texas
Result
Royalist victory[1]
Belligerents
Royal Spanish Army
Republican Army of the North American filibusters
Commanders and leaders
Joaquín de Arredondo Ignacio Elizondo
José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois Henry Perry
Strength
about 1,830
about 1,400 irregulars
Casualties and losses
55 dead
1,300 dead
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Mexican War of Independence Organizational phase (1811–1815)
Puerto de Piñones
Zacatecas
El Veladero
El Maguey
Llanos de Santa Juana
Huauchinango
Zitácuaro
Tecualoya
Tenancingo
Cuautla
Izúcar
Huajuapan de León
Tenango del Valle
Escamela
Zitlala
Texas
Rosillo Creek
Alazan Creek
Medina
Orizaba
Oaxaca
Acapulco
La Chincúa
Lomas de Santa María
Puruarán
Temalaca
The Battle of Medina was fought approximately 20 miles south of San Antonio de Bexar (modern-day downtown San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas) on August 18, 1813, as part of the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish authority in Mexico. Spanish troops led by General José Joaquín de Arredondo defeated republican forces (calling themselves the Republican Army of the North), consisting of Tejano-Mexican and Tejano-American revolutionaries participating in the Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition, under General José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois. It was the deadliest battle in Texas history.
^Medina, Battle of; Texas State Historical Society; TSHA online; accessed December 2016
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