Everything about The Battle Of Gonzales totally explained
The
Battle of Gonzales was a skirmish that took place on
October 2,
1835, in the
Mexican Texas town of
Gonzales between the Texan settlers and a detachment of the
Mexican army. Although it was minor as a military engagement, it marked a clear break between the
American colonists and the Mexican government, and is considered to have been the start of the
Texas Revolution.
Background
The battle was the result of the attempts of the Mexican government to retrieve a small smoothbore
cannon that had been given in
1831 to the settlers at Gonzales as a defense against attacks by
Tonkawa Indians. After the initial refusal by the Texans to surrender the cannon, Colonel
Domingo de Ugartechea, military commander in Texas, sent a force of 100
dragoons under
Francisco de Castañeda to Gonzales to retrieve it. The detachment left
San Antonio de Bexar on
September 27,
1835, carrying a dispatch for Gonzales
alcalde Andrew Ponton instructing him to surrender the cannon..
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