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rose and fired upon them. This was the first shot from the Texans- The enemy was repulsed, and fell back- The infantry made, subse- quently, three other charges, all however, unsuccessful and with some loss- The Cavalry now tried their luck-they charged, and was also repulsed-the commanding officer was killed by private Bowen of Prices Company- Bowen cried out "Boys by God I have ln1ocked him over, and now let us charge them"- a general shout was raised, and forth they all rushed- The Enemy gave way-suffred much in their retreat. A general conflict, hand to hand, now ensued, and lasted until sun-set-when the Enemy fell back about 2 miles off- The Texans cut them off from water; the next morning at daylight, the Texans rose and made towards the enemy to renew the fight-the Enemy was about 2 miles off- Perceiving the Texans advancing, Par- bone sent in a white Flag, and surrendered- No Mexicans of Canalis was in the fight_, except Zapata with a part of his cavalry (25 men) who cooperated in the Charge that put the foe to flight- Carbahal was all the while acting in the ditch with the . Americans, and was wounded in the arm.- On the side of the Americans 5 were killed viz-Big Jakes-Quail from Goliad-no more remembered)- and 14 wounded- The loss of the Enemy was 85 found dead on the ground- and a proportionable number wounded.- . When Parbone hoisted the white flag, his force commenced a stam- pede-- they were pursued nearly 6 miles, leaving their anmnition behind, which fell into the hands of the Americans-a lucky thing for them; for the flying enemy had planted their artillery in a narrow pass where they might have raked their pursuers, had they not lost their amunition- The enemy entered into a Coral, and 'there surren- dered to 50 of the Americans who had pursued them in advance of their Comrades- Parbone came forward and presented his sword to the foremost of the men- Benj. Hill, the adjutant of the command, who received the same, but which was restore to him as soon as the enemy's arms were stacked, and they marched out of the Coral- That evening 300 of the enemy joined the Federals- After this, Roman, Ross and Hill were dispatched to Texas to raise new recruits- Ross, after the war returned to Gonzales- Bore a challenge from Sweitzer to Ben McColough-McColough refused to fight Sweitzer; Ross took the place of his friend, and wounded his antagonist at their meeting- This rankled in the breast of the McColoughs; and one of them, Henry McColough, subsequently sought an occasion whilst Ross was drunk, to provoke a controversy, and shoot him- Ross died im- mediately-it was in Gonzales, January 1840. His duel with Ben was on the 19th of Septr. 1839.- Ross came to Texas with Quitman in 1836.- Sweitzer, endeavored to supplant Ross in the Command; but failed- was a d-d mean man, and was altogether unworthy of the friendship of Ross.- He was finally killed by Neighbors, (being in the wrong,) whilst Neighbors was doing his duty as Qr Master-
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