Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 6, 2008 21:49:57 GMT -4
March 6th, 1836. One of the most famous dates in American History.
After a siege, Mexican generalissimo, Santa Anna, launched a surprise pre-dawn attack on the Texans in the Alamo, the old mission that had been turned into a fort.
After taking heavy casualties, several thousand Mexican soldiers overcame the less than two hundred Texans in desperate fighting. Those Texans taken alive, including Davey Crockett, were later bayonetted.
"Remember the Alamo!" became the cry of Sam Houston's small Texan army as it slaughtered many hundreds of defeated Mexican troops at San Jacinto, winning independence for Texas.
After a siege, Mexican generalissimo, Santa Anna, launched a surprise pre-dawn attack on the Texans in the Alamo, the old mission that had been turned into a fort.
After taking heavy casualties, several thousand Mexican soldiers overcame the less than two hundred Texans in desperate fighting. Those Texans taken alive, including Davey Crockett, were later bayonetted.
"Remember the Alamo!" became the cry of Sam Houston's small Texan army as it slaughtered many hundreds of defeated Mexican troops at San Jacinto, winning independence for Texas.
