Supreme Government and to the gratitude of the nation.
The Fortress is now in our power, with its artillery, stores, &c. ~lore than 600 corpses of foreigners were buried in the ditches and intrenchments, and a great many who had escaped the bayonet of the infantry, fell in the vicinity under the sabres of the cavalry. I can assure:: Your Excellency that few are those who bore to their associates the tidings of their disaster. Among the corpses are those of Bowie and Travis, who styled themselves Colonels, and also that of Crockett, and several leading men, who had entered the Fortress with dispatches from their Convention. We lost about 70 men killed and 300 wounded, among whom are 25 officers. The cause for which they fell rend~rs their loss less painful, as it is the duty of the Mexican soldier to die for the defence of the rights of the nation; and all of us were ready for any sacrifice to promote this fond object; nor will we, hereafter, suffer any foreigners, whatever their origin may be, to insult our country an~ t,o pqllute its soils. I shall, in due time, send to Your Excellency a circumstantial report of this glorious triumph. Now I have only time to congratulate the nation and the President, ad interim, to whom I request you to submit this report. The bearer takes with him one of the flags of the enemy's Battalions, captured today. The inspection of it will show plainly the true intentions of the treacherous colonist, and of their abettors, who came from parts of t)1e United States of the North. God and Liberty! 1 Headquarters, Bexar, March 6th, 1836. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna To His Excellency the Secretary of War and Navy, General Jose Marto Tornel. [2259] [VELASCO MEETING]
Proceedings of a meeting held at Velasco on the 6th of March 1836. -
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Intelligence having been recieved that the Mexican Squadron had left Vera Cruz on the 6th Ultimo. with the view of blockading the coast of Texas a meeting of the citizens of Velasco and Quintana was in consequence called on the task above mentioned to adopt measures for the defence of the Port. A
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