USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Medina occurred about twenty miles south of San Antonio, Texas. On August 18, 1813, the Republican Army of the North, led by José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois, who were fighting for the Independence of Mexico, met the Spanish Royalist Army led by Joaquín de Arredondo.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 1813 Battle of Medina is considered the first Texas revolution, and though unsuccessful on the part of the rebels-more than 1, 000 are presumed to have been killed, their families harassed and sent out of Texas-it served as just the first step in a war that culminated in the success of the 1836 rebellion.

Detailed explanation-3: -In December of 1835, a group of Texan volunteer soldiers had occupied the Alamo, a former Franciscan mission located near the present-day city of San Antonio. On February 23, a Mexican force numbering in the thousands and led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a siege of the fort.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish army continued to press, killing many of the fleeing soldiers. Most of the remainder were captured and, in a portent of the future Texas War of Independence, were summarily executed. Fewer than 100 out of 1, 400 soldiers on the Republican side survived, and the Royalists lost only 55 men.