The Battle of Concepción was fought on October 28, 1835, between Mexican troops and Texian insurgents on the grounds of Mission Concepción (pictured in 2010), 2 miles (3.2 km) south of what is now Downtown San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. The day before, Stephen F. Austin, commander of the newly created Texian Army, had sent James Bowie, James Fannin, and 90 soldiers to find a defensible spot for the army to rest. After choosing a site near Mission Concepción, the scouting party camped for the night and sent a courier to notify Austin. Upon learning that the army was divided, General Martín Perfecto de Cos sent Colonel Domingo Ugartechea with 275 soldiers to attack the scouting party. The Texians took cover in a horseshoe-shaped gully; their good defensive position, longer firing range, and better ammunition helped them repel several attacks, and the Mexican soldiers retreated just 30 minutes before the remainder of the Texian Army arrived. Historians estimate that between 14 and 76 Mexican soldiers were killed, while only one Texian soldier died.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1707:

The Hōei earthquake ruptured all of the segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously—the only earthquake known to have done this—with an estimated magnitude of 8.6 ML. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1707_H%C5%8Dei_earthquake

1886:

In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty

1915:

Richard Strauss conducted the first performance of his tone poem An Alpine Symphony in Berlin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Alpine_Symphony

1940:

The Balkans Campaign in World War II: Italy invaded Greece after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the occupation of Greek territory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Italian_War

1965:

In St. Louis, Missouri, US, the 630-foot (190 m) tall catenary steel Gateway Arch was completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch

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háček: (orthography and typography) A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling a prime (′) instead. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%A1%C4%8Dek

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