The Alamo

By smamolo

  • Residents began fleeing Bexar.

  • Period: to

    The Alamo

  • A Mexican scout becomes the first fatality of the siege.

  • To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World.(A plea for help)

  • Mexican soldiers cross the San Antonio River.

  • 320 men, four cannons, and several supply wagons march toward the Alamo.

  • William B. Travis ordered Samuel G. Bastian to go to Gonzales "to hurry up reinforcements".

  • Mexican General José de Urrea had soundly defeated Texian Colonel Frank W. Johnson at the Battle of San Patricio.

  • Texians watched from the walls as approximately 1,000 Mexican troops marched into Béxar.

  • A local woman approached Santa Anna to negotiate a surrender for the Alamo defenders.[

  • The Alamo falls.