The nearly 1,800 Mexican troops far outnumbered the band of 188 men who had retreated into the Alamo compound. A twelve-day siege ended in a bloody battle on March 6 in which Santa Anna and his ...

But fighting alongside them during the battle were nearly 200 more ... Mexican soldiers, under General Antonio López de Santa Anna, attacked the Alamo from different directions.

Texas in the early 19th century wasn’t exactly a place for a retired general of Napoleon’s stature. It was a land of chaos ...

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After many hard-fought battles were lost by Texans (including the Alamo ... a battle that lasted 18 minutes, Mexican infantry surrendered after many casualties and Mexican General Santa Anna ...

For Ernesto Rodriguez III, the history of the Alamo and San Antonio’s other ... the lieutenants and captains in Santa Anna’s army. “Who knows what the narrative will be in 10 years?

It was here that Wild West legend James Bowie was married and that General Antonio López de Santa ... Anna indicated his plans for the Alamo. Local legend claims that many heroes from the Alamo ...

Measure DD, which is on the Nov. 5 ballot in Santa Ana, would allow “noncitizen City residents to vote in all City of Santa Ana municipal elections” beginning in November 2028, the city says ...