USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Revolution Breaks Out: Battle of Gonzales On October 2, 1835, the Texas Revolution began as tension boiled over and shots were fired in the town of Gonzales.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first open fighting in the Texas Revolution, in which Texans successfully fought for their independence, took place on October 2, 1835, near Gonzales, Texas. The so-called Battle of Gonzales, however, was actually a minor skirmish; it was fought over the possession of a single small cannon.

Detailed explanation-4: -When Domingo de Ugartechea, military commander in Texas, received word that the American colonists of Gonzales refused to surrender a small cannon that had been given that settlement in 1831 as a defense against the Indians, he dispatched Francisco de Castañeda and 100 dragoons to retrieve it.

Detailed explanation-5: -After the Texan forces swelled to outnumber their adversaries (and challenged the Mexicans to “come and take it” [the cannon]), they attacked on October 2 and forced the Mexicans to retreat to San Antonio, thus winning the Texas Revolution’s first skirmish, which came to be known as the Battle of Gonzales.