<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Gonzales </Li> <Li> Goliad </Li> <Li> Concepción </Li> <Li> Lipantitlán </Li> <Li> Grass Fight </Li> <Li> Béxar </Li> <Li> San Patricio </Li> <Li> Agua Dulce </Li> <Li> The Alamo </Li> <Li> Refugio </Li> <Li> Coleto </Li> <Li> San Jacinto </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Gonzales </Li> <Li> Goliad </Li> <Li> Concepción </Li> <Li> Lipantitlán </Li> <Li> Grass Fight </Li> <Li> Béxar </Li> <Li> San Patricio </Li> <Li> Agua Dulce </Li> <Li> The Alamo </Li> <Li> Refugio </Li> <Li> Coleto </Li> <Li> San Jacinto </Li> </Ul> <P> The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution . It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army soldiers . </P> <P> In 1831, Mexican authorities gave the settlers of Gonzales a small cannon to help protect them from frequent Comanche raids . Over the next four years, the political situation in Mexico deteriorated, and in 1835 several states revolted . As the unrest spread, Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea, the commander of all Mexican troops in Texas, felt it unwise to leave the residents of Gonzales with a weapon and requested the return of the cannon . </P>

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