(2264] (RODRIGUES to GUERRA]
(San Patricio March 7, 1836]
To col. D. Jose M. Guerra:
My very respectable chief,- Yesterday at 3 p.m. we commenced the attack on the re~el columns, below the habitation of Agna dulce. The surprise occasioned them by our ambuscade was such that they did not perceive us till they were in our power. They fired a few pistol shots; but so badly directed that they only wounded one horse. We charged them in the plain for the distance of two leagues and a half; and pursued them as if they were savage horses (mestanos). They forgot they carried muskets and pistols, with which they had learned to direct their fires. Thirty-two dead were found on the field of battle; and we took 4 prisoners. Among the slain were col. Grant, major-general Morris, a captain and a lieutenant of artillery• The fact is that our troops pursued them with poised lance which was sufficient to achieve all. I am &c. Nicolas Rodrigues {2265] [MOODY to CONVENTION] (J. W. Moddy, Washington, to President and Members of the Convention, March 7, 1836, stating that from January 1, 1836, through March 7, 1836, the total indebtedness of the government was $45,957.80, of which $39,329.79 was military.] [2266] [SANTA ANNA to CITIZENS] Army of Operations The General-in-Chief of the Army of Operations of the Mexican Republic, lo the Inhabitants of Texas: Citizens! The causes which have conducted to this frontier a part of the Mexican army are not unknown to you: a parcel of audicious adventurers, maliciously protected by some inhabitants of a neighboring republic, dared lo invade our territory, with an
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