Third Battle of Tucson (1782)

Third Battle of Tucson
	Part of the Apache-Mexico Wars
	; A group of Apaches in their traditional tribal clothing, year unknown.
Date	December 25, 1782
Location	Tucson, Arizona
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	Apache
Commanders and leaders
Pedro Allande y Saabedra	unknown
Strength
~60 fort	~200 warriors
Casualties and losses
unknown	6 killed

The Third Battle of Tucson took place during the

Tucson

.

Battle

On

General Pedro Allande y Saabedra

described the attack later:

"More than 200 seized the cattle which were recovered by the parties of troops which he dispatched in their pursuit inasmuch as the wound in his leg was still open. They were able to kill six of the Apache aggressors, whose heads were cut off."

The heads were later placed along the presidio walls, meant to scare off potential threats. Specific Spanish casualties are not known. Apaches would attack again, two years later, to try a capture Spanish livestock again.

References

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1888, History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530–1888. The History Company, San Francisco.
Cooper, Evelyn S., 1995, Tucson in Focus: The Buehman Studio. Arizona Historical Society, Tucson. (
ISBN 0-910037-35-3
).

ISBN 0-8165-0546-2
).

Drachman, Roy P., 1999, From Cowtown to Desert Metropolis: Ninety Years of Arizona Memories. Whitewing Press, San Francisco. (
ISBN 1-888965-02-9
).

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