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This is a book report over 'Texas in Revolt' by Alwyn Barr. (the fight for San Antonio. Alamo)

Date Submitted: 12/14/2001 17:28:56
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Texas in Revolt Texas in Revolt, by Alwyn Barr, is about the battle for San Antonio in 1835. The siege of Bexar (San Antonio) became the first major campaign of the Texas Revolution. From October until early December 1835 an army of Texan volunteers laid siege to a Mexican army in San Antonio de Bexar. After a Texas force drove off Mexican troops at Gonzales on October 2, the Texan army grew to 300 men and elected Stephen F. …

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…d weapons, but allowed Cos and his men to retire southward because neither army had supplies to sustain a large group of prisoner. Texas casualties numbered thirty to thirty-five, while Mexican losses, primarily in the Morelos Infantry Battalion, which defended San Antonio, totaled about 150; the difference reflected the greater accuracy of the Texans' rifles. Most of the Texas volunteers went home after the battle, which left San Antonio and all of Texas under their control.

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