Fourth Battle of Tucson

Fourth Battle of Tucson
Part of the Mexican Apache Wars, Mexican Navajo Wars

Tucson's Stone Avenue in 1885.
DateMarch 21, 1784
Location
Result Apache/Navajo victory, native American raid on livestock pen completed.
Belligerents
Spain Spain Apache
Navajo
Commanders and leaders
Spain Juan Carrillo Chiquito
Strength
~20 cavalry
1 fort
~500 warriors
Casualties and losses
5 killed
1 wounded
3 killed

The Fourth Battle of Tucson was a raid during the lengthy wars between Spanish colonists in Arizona and its region and Apache Indians. At break of day, on March 21, 1784, a force of no more than 500 Apaches and Navajos attacked Spanish cavalry guards protecting a herd of livestock at the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in southern Arizona.