James Bonham gets through Mexican lines and arrives back at the Alamo, having failed to persuade Fannin to come to their aid.
More Mexican troops arrive, bringing their total strength up to 2,400 soldiers and 10 artillery.
Santa Anna recieves word of the Mexican victory at San Patricio, in which a tiny force of Texans were almost entirely killed (37 killed, a few escaped). A second red flag is hoisted on Powder House Hill.
John W. Smith leaves the Alamo with another dispatch from Travis as well as personal letters from the men to their families. Travis himself writes to David Ayers, who was taking care of Travis' son. In this letter, he writes: "Take care of my little boy. If
the country should be saved, I may make him a splendid fortune; but if
the country should be lost and I should perish, he will have nothing
but the proud recollection that he is the son of a man who died for his
country."
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