Col. Al111011lc, 1hc centre hy G,~n. Cos, ancl llw ri~ht 1,y S.i11la /\1111.-. The Mcxic:.ms were in Lhc wow I aml lwil Ihrow11 up a breast work, a111l we were in the prairie. Col. Shcrnrn11's c:0111111.111<1 was lr:d up 1111cler the hrow of a hill, 1111lil lhcy w1:rc within seventy or ci~hly yards. The fire was then opc:rwll, and tlwy wi:nl with do11lil1: quick time over the enemy's hrcasl work. Our whole army was across llu: breast work in fifteen or lwc:nly minutes after the hatlle com- 1111:nccd. The Mexicans were Lhcn rurmin~ in all directions, aind our men 1:ithcr threw away their ~runs or us,~d Lhcm as cluhs, show in~ no q1wrtcr at first. Our watd1word was Alamo and La Bahia. There must have hcen 200 killed in crossing Lhe Bay. They hMI, in all, ahoul 700 killed and hctween 700 and BOO taken prisoners. We had 3 killed in battle, and J 3 wounded. We staid there twc~lve days aflcr the battle, when goin~ on hoard a steam hoat, I wenl to Galveston Island.
Chas. B. Shain.
Louisville, June 25, 1836.
[3529) fTORNEL lo FILISOLA J
Secretary or war and navy, centre seclion- firsl division. G<~ncral: I made known Lo his excellency Lhc prcsidcinl per interim, your com1mmicalio11, dated Righl Shore of Rio de las Nueces, 3 lsl ultimo: in answer lo which, I have lo inform you, agreeably Lo lhc supreme orders I have received, that the whole of this communicaLion has been looked upon wilh the greatest indignation. Your excellency will have to answer for the s,t:rious offonccs you have commitlccl, in nol adhering lo points which the !mprcmc congress ordered you to maintain, cost whal they might; from that moment a serious charge lies on you ror lrnvin~ forgotten the dispositions of nrl. 2, Li(k 3, chap. 7, of the m1ilitary ordinance, which invested you with the command of the nrrny; in 110 light whatever ought you lo have con~idcrcd that tlw gcncral-in-chi,:f was in full exercise of hi1-1 f11111:lio11s while in captivity. Ancl had he: even been al the head of llw 1:x1~c11liv(~ power, no orcl,:r emmrnlin~ from him carric·d with ii ol><'dic11c1~, unless cm111lcrsigru:d liy Llw ~ccn:lc1ry of Ilic dqwrtmc11l froru wlwncc il would have cmn11alcd. The prcsidc:111 pc~r i111t-rim i~ brrcally surpris<!d Lhal you could have at:ccptt~d s11d1 1·.011cli1iom, :11-1
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