 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,...  Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History - Page 491by Samuel Gordon Heiskell - 1918 - 687 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton Niles - 1837 - 620 pages
...in the world. " Commandancy of tbe Alamo, Bejar, Feb. 24, 1836. " 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 twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have... | |
 | 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, under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 728 pages
...— ' To the People in Texas, and all Americans in the World. ' Fellow-citizens and compatriots ! — I am besieged by a thousand or 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
...— ' To the People in Texas, and all Americans in the World. ' Fellow-citizens and compatriots ! — I am besieged by a thousand or 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 - 426 pages
...IN THE WORLD. Commandancy of the Alamo, Bejar, Feb. 24, 1836. 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 twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have... | |
 | N. Doran Maillard - Texas - 1842 - 544 pages
...THE WORLD. i " Commandancy of the Alamo Buzar, Feb. 24, 1836. " 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 twenty-four hours, and have mil lost a man. The enemy have... | |
 | Albert M. Gilliam - Mexico - 1846 - 528 pages
...messenger, calling again for assistance, and closed his appeal with this memorable language : — " The enemy have demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise the garrison is to be put to the sword. I have answered his summons with a cannon shot. Our flag sli floats proudly from the walls. We shall... | |
 | Nathan Covington Brooks - California - 1849 - 696 pages
...letter : — " COMMAHDANCY OF THE ALAMO, BcJAR, Feb. 24th, 183C. " 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 twenty-four hours, and have not lost a man. The enemy have... | |
 | Homer S. Thrall - Texas - 1883 - 910 pages
...thousand or more Mexicans, under 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 discretion,' or that the garrison will be put to the sword when taken. I have answered the summons with a cannon-shot,... | |
 | Hiram H. McLane - Alamo - 1886 - 132 pages
...omitted something I should say, I will read it over. [Heads.] " Fellow citizens and compatriots : (p) I am besieged by a thousand, or more, Of the Mexicans under SANTA ANNA. I have sustained a continuous bombardment For twenty-four hours, And have not lost a man. The enemy have demanded a surrender... | |
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