PAPERS OF !JRABEAU Buo AP.ARTE LAMAR. if he cold. m.ake Cigars, yes, he then wa -taken by order of Cos and Lodged in the Calaboose to follow the above bu in 9th Recd. orders from Gel. Au tin to appear at his camp at 10 o'clock where we were addressed by Thos. J Ru k, E. Burleson, Frank John- son and 88 lilam, upon the subject of the disbanding of the army then under the command of Austin and urged upon the citizens very stronO'ly the necessity of a Union at tliat time, a their fellow Citizens from the U. S. were then 9n the ground, and had hewn th~ir determination to aid them by leaving their homes and fire sides, and casting their Lots among them, and that they we1·e willing to remain and defend their Station to the Last drop of blood that remained in their vein , the army then came to the determination to Storm tlie town as soon as practicable. The Com- pany to which I belonged at that time comd. by Cook was Stationed at the old mill to protect the cannon, some few days after that time we wer quietly reposing in our Camps, about 12 or 1 oclock at night we were fired upon by a party of sixty or Seventy Mexicans, and being forthwith called to arms we took our Station Just above the mill expecting an attack, but nothing more was heard of them dur- ing tlie nigl1t, two or three days after our Commander Col Burle- son issued orders for a Storm that niO"ht, about the appotd hour for the. Storm Ma;ior Uorris former Capt of the grys reported to Col. B. comding that he had seen some two or three Mexican Spies ridin~ round our Camp viewing our situation, that he also saw them when they reported to the alamo, and saw· them give in the Counter Sign, All of which. turned out to be cattle feeding on the prairai, anp. i11 Consequence of that report the order was Countermanded during this time men were daily leaving until the army was reduced to about 300, on the morning of the 4th deer. we were ordered by Col. Burleson Commanding the army, to take up our line of farch fo1· La Bahia. We took up the line of March but proceeded only as far as the ·Cols. Tent where we were ordered to halt. at which time ·a 'ofexican from the Enemys Camp, came into our Camp and said we could take the Town with much ea e, and upon hereing that news we all determined not Leave the ground but remain and Storm the Town that night, the remainina part of the.armey with but few ex- ceptions-then proceeded to eleet their bead officers-for t"wo divis- sions, the first of whicl1 was commdd. by Frank Johnson, and to which our Company (the Gs) belonged; the second by8 9 l\Iilam, the number of men in both divisions were 280. on the following morning about 4 oclock, a company of about 20, or 30 with one Ps. artillery attacked the "Ala.m.o" on tlle east Side, to draw there attention, while we intered the Town when we came within about 200 yds of the Houses we Droptd all our Biles and our Coates in order that we might not be seen so plain, after we droped of clothing--crossing a brush fence we were fired at by 2 I\'fexiean Pickets the fire was answered by Deaf Smith whose §hots took effect "\Ve then took po session of Bowies house, and as we entered Several ~fcxicans made their esCape thr~ugh doors and windows, the house
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