Battle of Gonzales
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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. One was supplied, on the condition that the cannon would be returned to the Mexicans on request. Over the next four years, the political situation in Mexico deteriorated, and in 1835 several states revolted. As the unrest spread, Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea, the commander of all Mexican troops in Texas, felt it unwise to leave the residents of Gonzales with a weapon and requested the return of the cannon.
1835
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Mexico, John Henry Moore, Francisco de Castañeda, United States, 
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Location: 29.4389, -97.5217, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Come and take it cannon victoria
Memorial to the Battle of Gonzales| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1835 | Battle of Gonzales | Mexico, battle, John Henry Moore, Francisco de Castañeda | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Come and take it cannon victoria | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Memorial to the Battle of Gonzales | Commons | ||
