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New republic staves off old adversary
On this day in 1842, Texas troops defeated a Mexican invasion at the
battle of Lipantitlán. The Mexican incursion, part of a pattern of attack
and counterattack between Mexico and the Republic of Texas, was commanded
by Antonio Canales Rosillo. James Davis, adjutant general of the Army of
the Republic of Texas, and Capt. Ewen Cameron led a mutinous,
disorganized, ill-supplied command, which nonetheless succeeded in
defeating a Mexican force three times its size. Lipantitlán had also been
the site of a battle in 1836.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- DAVIS, JAMES
- CAMERON, EWEN
- CANALES ROSILLO, ANTONIO
- LIPANTITLAN, BATTLE OF
- MEXICAN INVASIONS OF 1842
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