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That same day Governor Salcedo wrote to Captain Bustamante in com- mand of all the troops on the Rio Grande, to the governor of Monterrey, to Cordero in Coahuila, and to Colonel Tobar of San Luis Potosi, calling for aid without delay. Only Cordero, old colleague of Salcedo and a former governor of Texas, answered the call. He advised Salcedo that he was sending his best company of veteran troops to help stem the tide. Busta- mante replied that he could not spare any men at the time. The governor of Monterrey had more pressing matters. Governor Salcedo, with his tried and true friend, Colonel Simon Herrera, was left with a handful of men to defend the gateway to Mexico. Loyal servants of the King, they did not cringe before danger, nor did they forget their sacred duty to defend with their lives, if need be, the interests of their sovereign. 51 51 M. Salcedo to Bustamante, August 17, 1812; M. Salcedo to Govemor of Nuevo Leon, August 17, 1812; M. Salcedo to Colonel Tovar, August 17, 1812; M. Salcedo to Antonio Cordero, August 17, 1812; Cordero to M. Salcedo, Monclova, August 22, 1812; Vice President of Junta to Salcedo, Monterrey, August 25, 1812; Bustamante to M. Salcedo, Camargo, September 1, 1812, Bezar Ardivet.
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