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Residents began fleeing Bexar.
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The Alamo
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A Mexican scout becomes the first fatality of the siege.
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To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World.(A plea for help)
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Mexican soldiers cross the San Antonio River.
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320 men, four cannons, and several supply wagons march toward the Alamo.
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William B. Travis ordered Samuel G. Bastian to go to Gonzales "to hurry up reinforcements".
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Mexican General José de Urrea had soundly defeated Texian Colonel Frank W. Johnson at the Battle of San Patricio.
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Texians watched from the walls as approximately 1,000 Mexican troops marched into Béxar.
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A local woman approached Santa Anna to negotiate a surrender for the Alamo defenders.[
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The Alamo falls.