Las Cuevas War

Las Cuevas War
	; Texas Rangers
Date	November 20–21, 1875
Location	Tamaulipas, Mexico; Texas, United States
Result	American victory Cattle returned to Texas;
Belligerents
United States	Mexican bandits
Commanders and leaders
Leander McNelly	Juan Flores Salinas †
Strength
Unknown number of; Texas Rangers	~400 irregular militia
Casualties and losses
Unknown	~80 killed

The Las Cuevas War was a brief armed conflict fought mainly between a force of Texas Rangers, commanded by Captain Leander McNelly, and an irregular force of Mexican bandits. It took place in November 1875, in and around Las Cuevas, Tamaulipas. The Texans crossed the Rio Grande into Mexican territory with the purpose of returning stolen cattle to the American side of the river but they were drawn into a battle with local militia forces. When the fighting was over the Mexicans returned the cattle to the Texans.

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