Siege of Fort Texas

E1005933

The Siege of Fort Texas was an early 1846 engagement in the Mexican–American War in which Mexican forces besieged a U.S. Army fortification near the Rio Grande, helping spark open hostilities between the two nations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Fort Brown 1
Siege of Fort Texas canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Mexican–American War ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Fort Brown ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Texas
belligerent Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
casualtiesUnitedStates Major Jacob Brown killed ⓘ
cause U.S. advance to the Rio Grande ⓘ
dispute over the Texas–Mexico border ⓘ
commanderForMexico General Mariano Arista ⓘ
commanderForUnitedStates Major Jacob Brown ⓘ
conflict Mexican–American War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date April 25, 1846 ⓘ
defense U.S. garrison held the fort under siege until relieved ⓘ
endDate May 9, 1846 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Palo Alto ⓘ
Battle of Resaca de la Palma ⓘ
fortification Fort Texas ⓘ
garrison U.S. Army troops under Zachary Taylor’s overall command ⓘ
location near present-day Brownsville, Texas ⓘ
near the Rio Grande ⓘ
opponent Mexican Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf Mexican–American War ⓘ
precededBy Thornton Affair ⓘ
reliefBy U.S. forces that fought at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma ⓘ
result United States victory ⓘ
significance helped spark open hostilities between the United States and Mexico ⓘ
one of the first engagements of the Mexican–American War ⓘ
startDate April 25, 1846 ⓘ
tactics artillery bombardment of the fort by Mexican forces ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Fort Texas → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Fort Brown ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Fort Texas