| Marker Number |
12646 |
| Atlas Number |
5029012646 |
| Marker Title |
The Battle of the Medina |
| Index Entry |
Medina, the battle of the |
| Address |
Martinez Losoya St. |
| City |
Losoya |
| County |
Bexar |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
551241 |
| UTM Northing |
3234639 |
| Subject Codes |
military topics; Mexican Texas |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SE corner Martinez-Losoya Street and US 281. Marker reported damaged Dec. 2008. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Damaged |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
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 Jose Alvarez de Toledo. Thus ended an attempt to free Texas and Mexico from Spanish rule. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
