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The Battle of the Medina

Losoya, Bexar County

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

Marker Details

Address Martinez Losoya St.
Location Description SE corner Martinez-Losoya Street and US 281. Marker reported damaged Dec. 2008.
Marker # 12646
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite)
Code military topics; Mexican Texas
Latitude, Longitude 29.239529, -98.472695

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