Battle of Medina

Battle of Medina
Part of the Mexican War of Independence
Date August 18, 1813 Location Medina River Valley, Texas Result Royalist victory[1]
Belligerents
Royal Spanish Army	Republican Army of the North American filibusters
Commanders and leaders
Joaquín de Arredondo Ignacio Elizondo	José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois Henry Perry
Strength
about 1,830	about 1,400 irregulars
Casualties and losses
55 dead	1,300 dead

The Battle of Medina was fought approximately 20 miles south of San Antonio de Bexar (modern-day downtown San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas) on August 18, 1813, as part of the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish authority in Mexico. Spanish troops led by General José Joaquín de Arredondo defeated republican forces (calling themselves the Republican Army of the North), consisting of Tejano-Mexican and Tejano-American revolutionaries participating in the Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition, under General José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois. It was the deadliest battle in Texas history.