The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-02-27

f" Ho'c io'ee ""' i''ur iiGHuFeu aud elgh.Y
men. that Of the enemy {ascerlainea since
their surrender uPwaids Of fifteen hun.:
died. 80; g
Oar camp bcigg abnpt mile from The.
Alamo. "li'.a one half af The farsc ceu,d
b. used for The storm. Two hundred and
sixteen men consequently attacked ,hree:
of the slune houses. ouisid.- Of the public
square. aud carried them. wilI,euiiIie loss
"f man. After possessing themselves
"f The houses. masi iacessant ca,.n,,r,s. 8
ding commenced from The town. aud Ala.
m', with discharge saf musArlry, which
continued for twenty -four hours. Our
men. being protected, experienced loss
nf only two Killed and eleven wounded -
while that of the enemy was s-considerables e
The prospect now was indeed glnnmy;
In front Of our mrn were .he stone houses
aud entertainments. protecting the. .puhl;css
square re-ansl wherever they set theiE sieets
they were e1pased 10 grape and rnu.kel4ysEs
They succeeded at length in driving ,hs.
enrm, fran the three cannon command 4
ing the huLsss they occupiei--.ands as is;
MAS impossible {" scale The bitches and:
breas:-w"rks. onr party cummenced4p pick
ing holes through The stone wniis with
cr"w-hars. and finally succeeded In effertsss
ing one sufficiently large for ane man aiass
tine in pass through. in thi. manner lucy
proceeded. picking holes through tl.esa-a
ri"us w al /. as they advanced. and driving
the rlirmy { nm room {" Room, as ,hsy
proceeded -.,n.l in this way tley. worked
AID f,ught for fy' days. uni.l IN y had
d irrn the encmy from almost every house
i"; their dcfrnccs, around ihe c.urc.i. & 4.
Up ,n,his pernd. both parties had been
Sighting undrr The sane lag; bul nos Gen. d
Cn-s !nisied a black fa., and attacked our
party xI;h thse n,sl dcsp.rais teslninn,
fnm ak o'c!oek in ,h.. s,orning iii! absutE
rgl, o'tln.s the n,xl mornl.., III re Was
scarce an nu,ermis .nsn in t:r, rpAr Of esnnt,n
aud muskrir.: aud me To-. u ,l;,rlns tir night,
presented Que broad sh.s.: ot Game, from ,IIe
irns OR psrts. lr,~esrr, continued L, !,
ress forward. aud & ally drore them iiom (
,h.' chu ch. nn c'rry quarter of the own,
-,akms III III rrir a, prccipitalcly to ii,e
Ala q, acr.ss The rivrr ass
ID Dmny ,lnir rr real across the river, they
lr,.,cd u wl,:'r *. aud ais, one from tho I
AIsnn,, and tn. tirm, CEASED 59 @
The surrender was s.n agreed upon
The Mr1,cars d, lIrrrcd up their arms aud all I,
Tie pu;iu: property -ar.' to leave wnh,n s'x
d.ys. aud never 4" tight against her. OF thes3
Constitution oi le:sl. again.
The number "! M.A.cxts i:ls, surrcndefed
vas cirsru hundred ard twentt -swn three
hundred having h' srr,cd. the rssHing OF the
-urrrndrr. 4 pu ssrr., hundred s1and OF
muskcl-. ,hiuy.iwn pieces oi cannon, 4nd . 3
la &c supply oi caInon-powdcr anj balisss
/, i, mp ss..hl. I, say h.,s n,ny dexicinS
were K He'd during ,l.c !,aille. l,is Surpassed
however, iha, the number mus, hare been
near Two huudrrd, with a.auy Wounded. u
Oar I,.s, WAS f,ur killed which makes our
i.~-, dur,n. the Wat, fix. lied soa,e lew 4
"rrr nonirI,d. hul none dangerously. s !,
The extraordinary 81 cess ai;rnd,nI our
arms, afIofl, suhjec, oi the mos, serious re-
lccinp. I, has sIracs our own army with
,uc-and .mcc the taking %, - tow !. aud
,rwi,s Ia. ai.,c-, imprrguabl, {, rtress at the
"nrm, r", viii car Az III. sar:o.s gnRps,
i'u, one scnl,rnoal cxprr>~.i-"ric Almilh-s::
/, alone co,,Id have ,avrd u.s. No, only iRs|
tic storm of The town. bu, in all our battles,
the san c remarkable pr,serv vallon and sue
c-ss, have attended onr men.
On IN, 2>,h O.. Der, four hundred Mexi-
cans. with ,wn pieces Of Cannon, attacked
,..nrIy-o,,r oi our n~p, nd alter tlSM 0s
so lr.urs, were dc,-tl,d. with 9, OF. 81
.cd, many wounded, and III" l"ss oi one
piece of artillery oar loss was one k.'cd aud !
none wnnudr'i. ~
Cn the = tn Of '.ovcmber We had another
engagement, IN which participated. t,ur
"rcc. nr",,shl ,n,o acIlon. did ma exceed Is :
ncm. whlIc the enemy were abo", 3IO strong
assisted by i pr-cc "i an,i;rry. We lou'ed
t.,c.n. after n h.r,ic oil aborI 30 minu'es, with
\ L.>, "n their part, OF 1, killed and many
unnn,d. aud all their pack.'nules. Our Z.
,ar,, sustained ~. hs.. The enemy were
ii, a ditch aud onr r'ry char cd and routed
ihrm l,om 1t. ] he lr r,p:-,hM aud muskei'
balls ir,, |, e ha,l am"n. us, aud ~,ila'ai hrt-
ing. And ! myself ak. who. bn me +
nlsh ', ~ all f"se engagements. could have
thus pr. served u,
\ rx,can s,lier * not now IN 'ht prov. $
,ncc ,i T,xrs; aud we have dcn' 'ns.rs'ed