Battle of Agua Dulce
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The Battle of Los Cuates de Agua Dulce was a 19th century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebelling Mexican state of Texas.
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[edit] Background
The rise of Antonio López de Santa Anna to power in 1833 led several Mexican states to open opposition. One such state was Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas portion of the state was mainly settled by immigrants from the southern United States. When Santa Anna usurped power and appointed himself dictator and suspended the Mexican Constitution of 1824, the people of Texas rebelled. With the fall of the town of San Antonio, Goliad and other Mexican forts and cities to the Texas rebels, Santa Anna decided to personally put down the rebels. He led a force called the Army of Operations of about 6,000 soldiers into northern Mexico. He split his forces for maximum coverage.
Mexican General Jose Urrea was commanding the southeastern Mexican forces when his advanced scouts discovered Texians James Grant, Robert Morris and their party. Grant and about fifty Texans had been on a horse-hunting drive and had been very successful with hundreds of wild horses being driven to the abandoned Irish settlement of San Patricio. Urrea's forces set a trap for the Texans at Agua Dulce Creek.
[edit] Battle
With about forty riflemen and eighty dragoons, the Mexican army waited for sunrise to attack. The Texians were defeated, and Grant, Morris and forty-one Texians died in the ambush. Six men managed to escape, and Grant fled about seven miles (11 km) before Mexican cavalry caught up with him. He reportedly dismounted from his horse and defended himself bravely before the Mexican dragoons killed him with their sabres.
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With about forty riflemen and eighty dragoons, the Mexican army waited for sunrise to attack. The Tex == ans were defeated, and Grant, Morris and forty-one Texans died in the ambush. Six men managed to escape, and Grant fled about seven miles (11 km) before Mexican cavalry caught up with him. He reportedly dismounted from his horse and defended himself bravely before the Mexican dragoons killed him with their sabres. ==
[edit] References
- Roberts, Randy & Olson, James S., A Line in the Sand; The Alamo in Blood and Memory, Simon & Schuster; ISBN 0-7432-1233-9
- Davis, William C., Lone Star Rising-The Revolutionary Birth of the Texas Republic, Free Press;ISBN-0-684-86510-6
- Brown, Gary, James Walker Fannin - Hesitant Martyr in the Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas Press; ISBN-1-55622-778-7
