Domingo Ugartechea
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Domingo de Ugartechea was a Mexican Army officer for the Republic of Mexico.
Domingo Ugartechea officer for the Centralist Republic of Mexico
Siege of Béxar
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The siege of Béxar was an early campaign of the Texas Revolution in which a volunteer Texian army defeated Mexican forces at San Antonio de Béxar. Texians had become disillusioned with the Mexican gov
Domingo Ugartechea
…the Texas Revolution. Ugartechea then urged peace but warned the Texans to surrender their arms or face a renewed advance from San Antonio. During the siege of Béxar, Stephen F. Austin conducted the Texan forces from the outskirts of the town, while Ugartechea at first remained with the Mexican forces in town. A…
General Antonio López de Santa Anna's centralist policies, such as ending slavery and immigration, fomented rebellion throughout the Mexican states.
Stephen F. Austin was elected to lead the new Texian Army.