 Fellow Citizens and Compatriots : I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours and have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise,...  McClure's Magazine ... - Page 2581902Full view - About this book
 | John Milton Niles - 1837 - 620 pages
...TRAVIS.) " To the people of Texas and all Americans in the world. " Commandancy of tbe Alamo, Bejar, Feb. 24, 1836. " Fellow citizens and compatriots, " I am...Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have demanded a surrender at... | |
 | John Milton Niles, L. T. Pease - Latin America - 1838 - 620 pages
...the world. " Commandancy of the Alamo, Bejar, Feb. 24, 1836. " Fellow citizens and compatriots. " 1 am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans,...Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have demanded a surrender at... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 728 pages
...issued a proclamation : — ' To the People in Texas, and all Americans in the World. ' Fellow-citizens and compatriots ! — I am besieged by a thousand...more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. ... I have answered the summons with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. / shall never... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 574 pages
...issued a proclamation : — ' To the People in Texas, and all Americans in the World. ' Fellow-citizens and compatriots ! — I am besieged by a thousand...more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. ... I have answered the summons with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. / shall never... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - Mexico - 1841 - 416 pages
...TEXAS, AND ALL AMERICANS IN THE WORLD. Commandancy of the Alamo, Bejar, Feb. 24, 1836. Fellow-citizens and compatriots, — I am besieged by a thousand or...Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have demanded a surrender at... | |
 | N. Doran Maillard - Texas - 1842 - 544 pages
...AND ALL AMERICANS IN THE WORLD. i " Commandancy of the Alamo Buzar, Feb. 24, 1836. " Fellow-Citizens and Compatriots, " I AM besieged by a thousand or...Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours, and have mil lost a man. The enemy have demanded a surrender *... | |
 | Nathan Covington Brooks - California - 1849 - 696 pages
...observed to the letter : — " COMMAHDANCY OF THE ALAMO, BcJAR, Feb. 24th, 183C. " Fellow-Citizens and Compatriots ! "I am besieged by a thousand or...Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have demanded a surrender at... | |
 | J. M. Morphis - Texas - 1874 - 620 pages
..."COMMANDANCY OF THE ALAMO, BEXAK, February 24, 1836. " FELLOW-CITIZENS AND COMPATRIOTS : I am besiegedby a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna, I have sustained a continued bombardment for twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have demanded a surrender... | |
 | J. M. Morphis - Texas - 1875 - 634 pages
...by express to his people: u COMMANDS CY OF THE ALAMO, BEXAR, February 24., 1836. " FELLOW-CITIZENS AND COMPATRIOTS : I am besieged by a thousand or more...the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continued bombardment for twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have demanded a surrender... | |
 | Homer S. Thrall - Texas - 1883 - 910 pages
...defense. On the 24th he wrote as follows: " To the people of Texas and all Americans in the world — Fellow citizens and compatriots: I am besieged by a thousand or more Mexicans, under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four... | |
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