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Mexican Forces Occupy San Antonio in the Vásquez Raid

Category Wars & Military Conflicts
Date March 5, 1842
Country United States

Mexican troops under General Rafael Vásquez entered San Antonio, highlighting the Republic of Texas’s precarious border security and sparking a political and military crisis.

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