lo raise the siege if possible. Captn. Dimitt with 200 men I am informed are marching for your relief.- Gen!. Houston has been ordered to the Army by the convention forthwith, it is thought he will go lo day or to [torn] not say how he may order his movemenls The God of Ballles shield your and our countryman from home in Lhe field, is Lhe parting adieu of your friends.
James W. Robinson Acting Governor
Alex. Thomson Geo. Pattillo John McMullen
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(SANTA ANNA to TORNEL]
Army Of Operations. Most Excellent Sir- Victory belongs to the army, which, at this very moment, 8 o'clock A.M., achieved a complete and glorious triumph that will render its memory imperishable. As I had stated in my report to Your Excellency of the taking of this city, on the 27th of last month, I awaited the arrival of the 1st Brigade of Infantry to commence active operalions against the Fortress of the Alamo. However, the whole Brigade having been delayed beyond my expectation, I ordered that three of its Battalions, viz.: the Engineers-Aldama and Toluca-should force their march to join me. These troops, together with the Battalions of Matamoros, Jimenes, and San Luis Potosi, brought the force at my disposal, recruits excluded, up to 1400 Infantry. This force, divided into four columns of attack and a reserve, commenced the attack at 5 o'clock A.M. They met with a stubborn resislance, the combat lasting more than one hour and a half, and the reserve having to be brought into action. The scene offered by this engagement was extraordinary. The men fought individually, vying with each other in heroism. Twenty-one pieces of artillery, used by the enemy with the most perfect accuracy, the brisk fire of muskelry, which illuminated the interior of the Fortress and its walls and ditches-could not check our dauntless soldiers, who are entilled lo the consideration of Lhe
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