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the families living in the gonzales are panicked when they learned of santa annna's advanceand houston's retreat.
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then came the news of santa anna's arrvial in san antonio on feb 23 and the beginnning of the 13-day siege of the almo.
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when thre mexican patrol reached gonzales,alcadle andrew ponton refused to give up the cannon without written orders
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the mexican troops retreated father into san antonio, and the texans began a month-long siege of the city
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with the army of the people in san antonio, delegates gathered at san felipe for a meeting called the consultation.
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he fighting finally stopped when cos hoisted a white flag of surrender.The mexoican general argeed to give the texans all the money,supplies,arms,and property held by th mexicans in san antonio
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the delegates gathered at washington-on-the-brazos for the second meeting of the consultation, also known as the convntion of 1836
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with erra now so close, Fannin coulc not go to san antonio .Even if he had tried, hewould have arrive too late.
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the texans were marched back to goliad and held for a week.
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there is still about how Houston's army arrived at hte battle of san jacinto. Critics claim that he wanted to reach safety in Louisianna, but his men turned south toward santa anna