(13091 [JACK lo BURLESON]
Camp Above Bexar 27th Novr. 1835
To Edwd Burlison Commr in chief of the Volunteer army of Texas Sir
I have the honor lo report that in pursuance of your order on Yesterday I look up the line of march with_ detachments of Infantry from different companies amounting in ·1.he aggregate to about one hundred men for the purpose of intercepting the expected convoy. We proceeded al a brisk trot lo the creek which though cold wide and deep was forded by the men with the greatest cheerfulness- Shortly after crossing one of my scouts reported that there was firing ahead, between our cavalry under command of Colo Bowie, and a party of the enemy- Our march was continued in double quick lime for about half an hour when we arrived near the scene of action we were advancing in tolerably good order and in double file when we were saluted from the distance of forty Lo Sixty Yards by a tremendous discharge of musketry along our whole line from an unexpected and undiscovered foe- 1 t was Immediately ascertained that the enemy was concealed in a ditch and completely hidden by the thick Muskeel Bushes, a second and third heavy fire was received and returned when the order for a charge was given by the assistant adjutant General (Colo Sublett) which was excuted with promptness alacrity and determined courage- The first division flanked Lo the right and the second lo the left and in a few moments the ditch and field were cleared of every Mexican except their dead & Wounded. The firing still continued along the line with very considerable warmth until the enemy after three discharges from their cannon with grape and canister, retired under the protection of their Balleries in town leaving us in quiet possession of the field Il would be unjust to particularize as lo the conduct of the officers and men under my command on this occasion. Suffice it lo say that each man so far as my observation extended did what Texas expected of him The only cause of complaint aro~e from their impeluosily-
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