30/43 As he drank a cup of chocolate, he said: "It was just three o'clock, Senorita, when the Matamoras battalion was moved forward. General Cos supported it with two thousand men. When I left the city, about four thousand men were attacking the Alamo. The infantry, in columns, were driven up to the walls by the cavalry which surrounded them." "The Americans! Is there any hope for them ?" "The mercy of God remains, Senorita. |