Black plaque № 24720

Lasoya, TX, United States

The Battle of the Medina. The Battle of the Medina was fought here on August 18, 1813 by an army of Spanish royalists commanded by General Jose Joaquin Arredondo which defeated with terrific slaughter the Republican Army of the North composed of Anglo-Americans, Mexicans and Indians commanded by Jos

e Alvarez de Toledo. Thus ended an attempt to free Texas and Mexico from Spanish rule. #12646

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