Fourth Battle of Tucson

Fourth Battle of Tucson
	Part of the Mexican Apache Wars, Mexican Navajo Wars
	; Tucson's Stone Avenue in 1885.
Date	March 21, 1784
Location	Tucson, New Spain, Sonora; Modern Day: Tucson, Arizona
Result	Apache/Navajo victory, native American raid on livestock pen completed.
Belligerents
Spain	Apache; Navajo
Commanders and leaders
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.

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