Fourth Battle of Tucson
| Fourth Battle of Tucson | |||||||
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| Part of the Mexican Apache Wars, Mexican Navajo Wars | |||||||
Tucson's Stone Avenue in 1885. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Spain |
Apache Navajo | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Juan Carrillo | Chiquito | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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~20 cavalry 1 fort | ~500 warriors | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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5 killed 1 wounded | 3 killed | ||||||
The Fourth Battle of Tucson was a raid during the lengthy wars between Spanish colonists in Arizona and its region and Apache Indians. At break of day, on March 21, 1784, a force of no more than 500 Apaches and Navajos attacked Spanish cavalry guards protecting a herd of livestock at the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in southern Arizona.