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Texans engage Mexican force in battle of Lipantitlán
On this day in 1835, the battle of Lipantitlán was fought on the east bank
of the Nueces River three miles above San Patricio in San Patricio County,
directly across from Fort Lipantitlán. A Texas force of around seventy men
under Adjutant Ira J. Westover engaged a Mexican force of about ninety men
under Capt. Nicolás Rodríguez. The battle lasted thirty-two minutes,
leaving twenty-eight Mexicans dead, including Lt. Marcellino García,
second in command, who was mortally wounded and died two days later at San
Patricio. The Texans suffered only one casualty, when a rifle ball cut off
three of the fingers on William Bracken's right hand.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- LIPANTITLAN, BATTLE OF
- WESTOVER, IRA J.
- TEXAS REVOLUTION
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