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6 March 1836: Santa Anna's Mexicans stormed the Alamo after a 13-day siege, killing all of its defenders.
The attack began at about 5:30 a.m. and was over by 6:30.
Estimates of the defenders range from 185-260. The Mexican force numbered about 2,000--of whom some 500 were cavalry arrayed around the mission in order to prevent any defenders from escaping.
In all, the Mexicans made three assaults, falling back twice to regroup before finally succeeding in scaling the outer mission walls. Among the first to die was their commander, William Travis, who was killed while leaning over the wall to fire at attackers. Davy Crockett and a small group of his followers continued to fight after the walls were breached, using knives and their rifles as clubs outside the church before finally being overrun.
Jim Bowie, who was too ill to fight, is believed to have died alone in a room on his cot, back braced against the wall as he used his pistols and knife to defend himself.
Santa Anna's officers reported the loss of 60 men killed and 250 wounded. Texans who later arrived on the scene estimated their losses at 400-600 killed or wounded.
Blood lust caused the attackers to roam amongst the dead for up to a half hour after the fighting ended, shooting any survivors they found and then repeatedly firing into their bodies.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Davy Crockett's last sunrise at the Alamo. (2) Alamo commander Lt. Col. William Barret Travis in action with his men. (3) Lt. Col. William Barret Travis is mortally wounded while helping defend the Alamo's guns. (4) Santa Ana's Mexicans assault the Alamo's outer walls for the third time. (5) Davy Crockett and his Tennesseans fall back to the Alamo church. (6) Davy Crockett and his Tennesseans make their last stand in front of the Alamo church.
The attack began at about 5:30 a.m. and was over by 6:30.
Estimates of the defenders range from 185-260. The Mexican force numbered about 2,000--of whom some 500 were cavalry arrayed around the mission in order to prevent any defenders from escaping.
In all, the Mexicans made three assaults, falling back twice to regroup before finally succeeding in scaling the outer mission walls. Among the first to die was their commander, William Travis, who was killed while leaning over the wall to fire at attackers. Davy Crockett and a small group of his followers continued to fight after the walls were breached, using knives and their rifles as clubs outside the church before finally being overrun.
Jim Bowie, who was too ill to fight, is believed to have died alone in a room on his cot, back braced against the wall as he used his pistols and knife to defend himself.
Santa Anna's officers reported the loss of 60 men killed and 250 wounded. Texans who later arrived on the scene estimated their losses at 400-600 killed or wounded.
Blood lust caused the attackers to roam amongst the dead for up to a half hour after the fighting ended, shooting any survivors they found and then repeatedly firing into their bodies.
For details, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo
ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Davy Crockett's last sunrise at the Alamo. (2) Alamo commander Lt. Col. William Barret Travis in action with his men. (3) Lt. Col. William Barret Travis is mortally wounded while helping defend the Alamo's guns. (4) Santa Ana's Mexicans assault the Alamo's outer walls for the third time. (5) Davy Crockett and his Tennesseans fall back to the Alamo church. (6) Davy Crockett and his Tennesseans make their last stand in front of the Alamo church.
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Under maned, insufficient supplies and no support for them leads to losing battles, but the higher levels generally don't listen, until it's too late.
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Spot on. Sadly our ranks are plagued by fools O4 though O10. They only tend to learn an after catastrophes as such occur.
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I have visited the Alamo a couple times once back in 1966 when I was a Lackland AFH, TX for Basic training then later in 1968 for a Combat Prep course at the Medina Training annex before going to Vietnam. I went a third time during the 1990s as a SMSgt to attend the USAF Police Supt. Course where the students were MSgt, SMSgt, Captains and Majors. The student outranked most the instructors. (it was a pretty good course) The last trip even it seems everything including all the walls had be restored.to the way they had been.
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Last week I watched the old Disney Davey Crocket movie. The last scenes were the Alamo!
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Great movie. Dave’s Crockett’s last stand and the moments before his execution were epic. The opening of that movie is one of the most emotional Ive seen.
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