Antonia and Isabel stood beside their father.
"We heard of Urrea's approach at San Patricio.

The Irish people of that settlement welcomed Urrea with great rejoicing.

He was a Catholic--a defender of the faith.

But the American settlers in the surrounding country fled, and Fannin heard that five hundred women and children, followed by the enemy, were trying to reach the fortress of Goliad.
He ordered Major Ward, with the Georgia battalions, to go and meet the fugitives.

Many of the officers entreated him not to divide his men for a report which had come by way of the faithless colony of San Patricio.
"But Fannin thought the risk ought to be taken.