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	Battle of Rio Salado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Río Salado (October 30, 1340), was a united victory of King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile over Muslim ruler Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of Marinid dynasty and Nasrid ruler Yusuf I.
		This battle was a final attempt of Marinids to invade the Iberian Peninsula.
		The Marinids had mobilised a vast army and, after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar and defeating a Christian fleet at Gibraltar, then proceeded inland to the Salado River near Tarifa, where they met the Christians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Rio_Salado (148 words)

	Battle - List of Items - MSN Encarta
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	phoenixnewtimes.com \| News \| A Fortune Runs Through It
		Rio Salado's staggering costs, back-room bond financing plans and failure to lure timely private development have created fertile ground for political upheaval.
		The plans called for Rio Salado to convert a two-mile stretch of undevelopable land straddling the unsightly Salt River bed into 850 acres of prime real estate for a landlocked city that had no place to grow.
		Tempe's financial commitment for Rio Salado also doesn't include $45 million spent by the state Department of Transportation and the Maricopa County Flood Control District to channelize the Salt River through Tempe as part of the construction for the Red Mountain Freeway in the mid-1980s.
	www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/1999-05-20/feature_full.html (5429 words)

	Rio Grande Bibliography: Fish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The preferred and lethal temperatures of the spotted tilapia (Tilapia mariae Boulenger), and the Rio Grande cichlid (Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum Baird and Girard), and the effect of age on the preferred temperature of the spotted tilapia [MSc thesis].
		The evolution of the Rio Grande basin as inferred from its fish fauna.
		Trevino-Robinson D. The ichthyofauna of the lower Rio Grande river, from the mouth of the Pecos to the Gulf of Mexico [MSc thesis].
	www.cerc.usgs.gov /pubs/riogrande/fish.htm (2969 words)

	20021114rswhole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Anaradian responded that the building isn't labeled "Rio Salado Operations Center", but it is labeled as a "Boathouse" to support the recreation activity on the Lake.
		Rio Salado staff will be discussing the current CIP with Financial Services in the weeks to come to identify whether that project goes out to bid.
		It might be wise to start looking at the overall dynamic of how Rio Salado has developed over the last three to four years, which might reveal that this is not a primary resort property.
	www.tempe.gov /clerk/History_02/120021114rswhole.htm (5671 words)

	Battle of the Salado Creek 1842
		A year before the Battle of Salado Creek, and within 30 days of one another, the two San Jacinto adversaries, Gen. Sam Houston of Texas and Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna of Mexico, had been reelected to the presidencies of their countries.
		Although several inconclusive skirmishes had occurred daring the first hours, the battle escalated into the afternoon as a series of feints by the Texans appearing at the edge of the prairie, the cannon fusillade and infantry attack by the Mexicans in response, and the increasingly frustrating disappearance of Caldwell’s men back into the creek bottom.
		Reenactment of the Battle of Salado 1842 (1999)
	jack0204.tripod.com /gen/Heskew/battle_salado_creek_1842.html (2651 words)

	Fort Tours \| Northeast Part of Southwestern New Mexico Historical Markers
		Troops from Fort Craig were defeated by Confederate forces at the Battle of Valverde, 7 miles distant, in 1862.
		The Chihuahua Trail passed by the large volcanic mesa on the east bank of the Rio Grande, marking the northern end of the Jornada del Muerto (Journey of the Dead Man).
		Rio Grande is in deep down-dropped trench with uplifted Los Pinos Mountains to east and Ladron Mountains to northwest.
	www.forttours.com /pages/hmnesw.asp (1231 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alvarez Carillo Gil de Albornoz
		In 1340 he accompanied King Alfonso XI on his campaign against the Moors, saved the life of the king in the battle of Rio Salado on 30 Oct., 1340, and took part in the siege of Algeciras in 1344.
		After gaining the support of the influential Archbishop Giovanni Visconti of Milan and that of Pisa, Florence, and Siena, he began his military operations against the powerful Giovanni di Vico, Prefect of Rome, Lord of Viterbo and usurper of a large tract of papal territory.
		The latter was defeated in the battle of Orvieto, 10 March, 1354.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06558a.htm (1844 words)

	The Vasquez and Wall's campains in Texas 1842
		Canales rode north to attack a camp of Texans in a bend of the Nueces River at Lipantitlán, north of present-day Banquete.
		San Antonio was still somewhat clear of the families of the Anglo settlers from the spring raid by Rafael Vasquez, except that district court had been called into session and a considerable number of lawyers and officials had returned.
		Nearly all of Woll’s forces were shortly engaged against the Texians in a battle which raged along the Salado all day on Sept. 18.
	jack0204.tripod.com /gen/Heskew/battle_of_hondo_texas_1842.htm (2670 words)

	Smatterings of Random Spanish History dealing with the Moors
		A battle in which the Visgothic king, Pelayo, defeated the Muslim army in 722 became the symbol of Christian Reconquest, "The Reconquista." Uprisings and revolts of Christians and Jews in Cordoba, 805, 817 and Toledo, 814 and 837 were all surpressed.
		It was the defeat and capture of Toledo from the Moors by Alfonso VI in 1085 that led to the summoning of Almoravids, a fundamentalist sect, from Africa.
		He defeated Spanish and Moroccan Muslims in the battle for Rio Salado and ended the African threat.
	foclark.tripod.com /gypsy/Spain.html (1169 words)

	Battle of Salado
		Thus was fought the last pitched battle of the Republic, in Texas Settlements, between hastily gathered Volunteers and regular Mexican troops, and having about the same disparity of numbers as in the old time fights, say one to six.
		In the Salado the Mexicans were commanded by the veteran French general, Woll, who boasted that he had learned the science of war under Marshal Soult.
		Henry McCulloch was in the battle of the Salado.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/salado.htm (6445 words)

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		The Rio Oro School will dedicate their newly rebuilt classroom, thanks to the active Rio Oro community of parents (and Goshen students for several days of labor).
		The Lapa Rios reservations staff has called the local office of World Teach, and they report that this year they had fewer volunteers, and Carbonera is not in their priority list.
	www.laparios.com /lapjour02.htm (11897 words)

	The Battle of Medina
		This was perhaps the cause of a fatal mistake on the part of Toledo in separating the Americans, by placing them on the two wings, with the Mexicans in the centre.
		General Toledo, as the head of the republican party in Texas, planted his standard on the left bank of the Sabine, at the old Saline near Gaines's ferry, and invited thither whosoever chose to engage in the war.
		Two days after the battle of the Medina, which was fought on the 18th of August, 1813, General Arredondo, having his wagons loaded with wounded and dying, marched in triumph into San Antonio.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /texas/battle-medina.htm (1810 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The battle was joined on terrain favorable to the Texans.
		The fall of 1842 had been exceptionally rainy, and the rivers between San Antonio and the Rio Grande were experiencing an unwonted flow.
		Had the command held together, continued its harassment of the retreating Mexicans, and awaited the arrival of the squads and companies of volunteers already on their way to the army, Bennet believed, Woll's army could have been destroyed before it reached Mexican soil.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/qfs1.html (1759 words)

	Spain History - Reconquest Period
		Sadly, the hero died in 1099 and the story told is that they won the ensuing battle by lashing his body to his charger and upon believing him to be alive the Moors turned and fled.
		This battle was the beginning of the eventual fall of the Moors rule in the peninsular.
		Apparently, after the dust of this battle had settled the victorious Christians did not enter into a period of bloody revenge, instead they slowly returned again to an open type of society that on the surface enjoyed religious tolerance.
	www.spain-madrid.com /general/history/f-reconquest.htm (3164 words)

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		In a titanic clash the French were smashed by the Imperial army, King Francis I captured and the cream of his nobility slaughtered.
		A military cataclysm on a scale France had not seen since Agincourt, it swung the balance of power in western Europe towards the Empire of Charles V. Hailed as the first modern battle Pavia saw the demise of the traditionally armed man-at-arms and the rise of hand held firearms.
	www.montacute.net /histrenact/timeline/medieval/createevents.php (1164 words)

	Epilogue, Society Organized for War
		In a similar manner, the city of Toulouse used its military forces to extend its grasp throughout the central Garonne Valley during the mid-thirteenth century hiatus between the decline of the Counts of Toulouse and the increasing growth of royal power in southern France.
		Moreover, one cannot fail to be struck by the parallel between the epic battles of [208] Las Navas de Tolosa and Bouvines.
		For the most crucial single battle of the Reconquest, Las Navas de Tolosa, King Alfonso VIII had at his disposal in 1212 the militias of Ávila, Segovia, Medina del Campo and Toledo (and probably more).
	libro.uca.edu /socwar/epilog.htm (2553 words)

	Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library: Alamo History
		Forces from San Antonio and Gonzales engage the invading army at the Battle of Salado.
		A battle begins New Year's eve which results in the recapture of Galveston by Confederate forces.
		The last land battle of the Civil War is fought near Brownsville in May. The U.S. Army resumes use of the Alamo.
	www.drtl.org /History/Alamo3.asp (901 words)

	Chronology from 1301 to 1400
		The Battle of the Spurs at Courtrai in Flanders July 11 follows a massacre of the French (Matin de Bruges).
		The Battle of Muhldorf September 28 ends in victory for the German king Louis IV largely through the timely aid of Frederick IV of Hohenzollern, burgrave of Nuremberg.
		The Battle of Crécy August 26 establishes England as a great military power, reorients English social values by its joint participation of yeomanry and aristocracy, and begins the end of the era of feudal chivalry (cavalry) that has dominated warfare since the barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire.
	www.b17.com /family/lwp/chronology/1301_1400.html (6715 words)

	Río Salado - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Río Salado - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Other important rivers of Argentina are the Río Colorado, which forms the northern boundary of Patagonia; the Río Salado in the Chaco of northern...
		Salado (river, northern Argentina), also Río Salado del Norte, river in northern Argentina.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=R%C3%ADo+Salado (112 words)

	The City of Granada, the history of Granada, Andalucia, Southern Spain
		In 1306 Muhammad III (ruled 1302-09), then in possession of Ceuta and Gibraltar, seemed to have succeeded, but a powerful coalition soon reduced him to the modest position of vassal of the king of Castile.
		After 1340, when the battle of Río Salado settled the question of the straits in Castile's favour, Granada adopted a policy of isolation, taking advantage of any propitious circumstance to strengthen its land frontiers.
		It was in this period that Yusuf I (ruled 1333-54) and Muhammad V (ruled 1354-59 and 1362-91) finished building the Alhambra.
	www.andalucia.com /cities/granada/history.htm (296 words)

	Black Adam Zumwalt 3 -- Battle of Salado
		On the morning of 11 Sep 1842, the residents of San Antonio were surprised by the sounds of cannon and learned they were under control of a force of 1450 infantry, cavalry and artillery under the French-born General Adrian Woll (Gual in the native French).
		After five days, about 55 prisoners were told that they would have to march to the Rio Grande where they would be handed over into the custody of his superior, General Reyes and likely be set free.
		On the Hondo River, learning that Gen. Woll’s army had crossed the Rio Grande the Texan force by majority vote in favor of Capt. Caldwell's opinion, returned to San Antonio without crossing the border.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/badam3.htm (1749 words)

	hp_faq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The scores for the Rio Salado League are not reported till the end of the season.
		Consequently, if the only matches you shoot are at Rio you will not receive a card till June or July.
		Typically the first week in August is the CMP Service Rifle week with the President's Match, National Trophy Individual Match, "Rattle Battle" team match, Springfield bolt Match, John C Garand Match, and the Whistler Boy Junior Match.
	members.cox.net /riohighpower/faq.htm (264 words)

	American Experience \| Remember the Alamo \| Timeline \| PBS
		It ceases hostilities and withdraws Mexican troops south of the Rio Grande.
		Mexican and Texan forces fight the decisive Battle of Salado, and the Mexicans are turned back.
		Mexico accepts the Rio Grande as the southern boundary of Texas and gives up California and the province of New Mexico.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/alamo/timeline/timeline2.html (1327 words)

	William Alexander Hesskew
		In 1842, William, along with his brother Moses, were members of quickly organized militia groups who along with the Texas Rangers drove invading Mexican armies back across the Rio Grande.
		The Battle of Salado occurred during the Woll's campaign.
		The Battle is commemorated each year at the original Battle ground on the 18th of September or the closest weekend to the 18th.
	members.tripod.com /~jack0204/gen/Heskew/william_alexander_heskew.html (1120 words)

	30 Oct History: This Date
		The bloody battle would last a a week during which the Turkish infantry endured murderous barrages from the Bulgarian artillery.
		The battle, which interrupts a series of disputes between the Castilian and Portuguese over throne and territorial rights, is the final alliance of the two to repulse the Moorish invaders.
		They proceeded inland to the Salado River near Sevilla, where they met the allies, led by Alfonso XI [1311 – 26 Mar 1350] of Castile and Afonso IV [08 Feb 1291 – 28 May 1357] of Portugal.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4oct/h4oct30.html (11039 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		By the time the Texans camped along Salado Creek east of San Antonio in mid-October their numbers had grown to over 400 men, including James Bowie and Juan N. Seguín,
		Most of the Texas volunteers went home after the battle, which left San Antonio and all of Texas under their control.
		BIBLIOGRAPHY: Alwyn Barr, Texans in Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990).
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/qeb1.html (1082 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Fisher's men exhausted their supplies of food, water, and ammunition at the battle of Mier on Christmas Day 1842, and were forced to surrender to the forces of Gen. Pedro Ampudia.
		Together they returned to Texas after Fisher and the rest of his men were marched off to captivity in Mexico City.
		Ten years later he had moved to Belton, where he and Ira Chalk founded a lumber and grist mill on Salado Creek near Salado.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/CC/fch3.html (716 words)

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