battle of the San Gabriels

{{Short description|1839 battle of the Texas-Indian Wars}}

{{distinguish|text=the 1847 Battle of the Rio San Gabriel in the Mexican–American War}}

{{Infobox Military Conflict

|conflict=Battle of the San Gabriels

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|partof=The Texas–Indian wars

|date=17 May 1839

|place=The San Gabriel River, near Georgetown, Texas

|coordinates= {{Coord|29|44|56.3712|N|97|52|10.05|W|region:US-TX_type:event|display=inline,title|name=San Gabriels Battlefield}}

|result=Texian victory

|combatant1={{flag|Republic of Texas}}

|combatant2={{flag|Mexico|1823}}
Various Indians

|commander1={{flag|Republic of Texas}} Lt. James Rice

|commander2={{flag|Mexico|1823}} Manuel Flores

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|map_type= Texas

|map_caption= Location within Texas

|map_label= San Gabriels Battlefield

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{{Campaignbox Texas-Indian Wars}}

The Battle of the San Gabriels was an 1839 skirmish in the Texas–Indian wars.

The battle began on 17 May 1839. A company of Texas Rangers under Lt. James O. Rice had pursued the Mexican agent Manuel Flores and his party of Mexicans and Indians,{{Cite journal |last=Mann |first=William L. |date=1951 |title=James O. Rice: Hero of the Battle on the San Gabriels |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30241882 |journal=The Southwestern Historical Quarterly |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=30–42 |jstor=30241882 |issn=0038-478X}} following their murder of four surveyors working between Seguin and San Antonio, Texas. Battle was commenced on the north San Gabriel River, after the 2 day pursuit. In the first charge, Flores was killed and his company fled, abandoning a supply train intended to equip the Indians of East Texas for a revolt against the Texians. In the captured baggage, Rice discovered letters between Flores and Vicente Córdova as well as instructions from Mexican general Valentín Canalizo, detailing the Córdova Rebellion. These letters contradicted The Bowl's previous denials of involvement with Córdova's revolt and led to the Cherokee War.

A marker was placed near the site in 1936.Manuel Flores: 2.5 miles SE on SH 29, past US 183, 0.1 miles north on CR 260: Texas marker #9093 | [http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5491009093]