large force, lo promise success. Your orders arc solicited. They are expected. Of the lillle band that entered this place on the night of the 9th inst., many have returned home, and others say they will go in a few clays. Inform me what J~rnll do in this matter? How shall I keep the men together? Or, shall I permit them lo go and come as they please? I will now acid more fully to the above, of the information given by the ~lexican this morning. He says, all the squares of Bexar are fortified I hal works are raised at every angle for the effective use of their artillery. I am decidedly of the opinion from all that 1 can learn, that the day is gone by for the present when that place can be taken by storm without a great and disheartening loss of valuable men. Starvation by siege, presents itself lo my mind as the cheapest, most certain, and most efficient mode of operating at this point under the present state of things allowing my information to be correct. P. Dimitt Commancling P. S. Since writing the above, I have again conversed with the Mexican above Spoken of-He says that he was sent ex. to Cos by Zenteno, with a full statement of the force here and of every thing connected with our situation. Cos, therefore, knows as well as we do, what ever was know lo the Collector. (Addressed:] T9 Gen. Stephen F. Austin Com. in Ch. of the Army of the People
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To the inhabitants of Texas residing East of the Gaudalupe Fellow Citizens the Hour has come when your country requires the servises of every man in it. Information recd through an unquestionable channel early yesterday leaves not the least doubt of the movement of of a very considerable force on this place from the South, and we arc informed this morning by an arrival from Bejar, of the intention of the Commander of that post, to send a large detachment, thence against this place Four Hundred men ware expected to arrive in Bejar when our informant left their l wo or
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