San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-13
STILL HOLD THE FORT.
THE LITTLE BAND ARE BRAVELY
DEFENDING THE ALAMO.
1t Will Require Another Day to Finish the
Battle, and the Grand Wind-Up
Will Take Place Today.

Il
ternoon John Butler Bonham arrived
from Goliad on his dun mare with a
message announcing achievements
from that place. 1t signaliZed the
second attack of Santa Annals forces
on the Alamo. The Mexicans opened
| the attack with shower of bullets,
but the handful of brave Texans did
not surrender the fort and CALAMITY
fought for liberty. They had no flag
of their own and fought under the
Mexican colors. They fought nobly
and twice succeeded in repulsing the
enemy. The day closed with the
Mexicans scaling the walls of the
Alamo, which resulted in a deadly
hand-to-hand struggle. When night
fell the Mexicans retreated. and
the Alamo has not yet capitulated.
THE BATTLE.
Yesterdays attack was even fiercer
than that of the day before. The
cannonading was not SO heavy, how
ever, but the field movements of the
troops were better The Belknap Ri
fles, under command of Captain So
lon McAdoo. formed part of the Mex
lean troops. They made splendid
skirmish line directly in front Of the
fort and their firing was steady and
accurate. The balance of the Mexican
army was composed of Mexican, Lu-
Glen Lacoste was there proudly rep
resenting General Santa Anna, while
Nat Villareal was a conspicuous fig
IRE as General Castrillon. The Aus
tin cavalry held the fort as the Tex
ans and Mounted Police Officers
Mitchell, Parker, Herrera, Foster.
Wosnig, Robb and also Ed. PETER
ling represented the frontiersmen.
There We're about 5000 people pres
ent. There were not enough seats to
accommodate the crowd. and hun
dreds of spectators were compelled
to stand.
SLIGHTLY INJURED.
At the close of the battle it was
learned that one of the participants
was injured. His name is John
Smith, and he is a member of the
Austin cavalry, His face was pow
der burnt while defending the Ala
mo. Some of the powder entered his
eyes, but it is not believed that the
injury will prove serious. He was re.
moved to the hospital tent, where
Surgeon Hadra, assisted by DR.. Bar
nitz, attended him.
BEFORE THE BATTLE.
Adolph Toepperwein, the justly styl-
ed champion rifle shot of Texas, gave
an exhibition of sharp shooting, which
won for him merited applause. He re-
peated his feats of the preceding day.
Captain McAdoO and the popular
Belknap Rifles then marched upon
the field, which was the signal for an
outburst of applause. They gave an
exhibition drill, in which they ex-
ecuted many difficult movements
Their appearance on the field was
soldier-like. Their step was firm and
their field movements were beautiful
THE TRANSPORTATION.
The Arkansas Pass railroad handled
the crowds to perfection. The trans
portation on this road was in charge
of Superintendent Bob Innes and
he was ably assisted by George Lup-
ton, Ira Turner, Sherman Billow,
Wash Woodbridge and Percy Coppard,
who saw that every passenger had a
good ride and was safely landed.
The Edison line had all its cars in
use and borrowed two motor cars
from the Alamo Heights line in order
to handle the crowds.
TO WHOM CREDIT is DUE.
Secretary L. G. Irvine, of the Bust
ness Mems club, has been kept con.
stantly on his feet since the opening
Of the battle. He is called here, there
and everywhere to answer questions
and give information. He is being
assisted by AL. Dupre, who is prov
ing himself worthy of the position, as
what the latter does not know about
San Antonio has not yet come to light.
There are others who are deserving
of mention for their efforts in max
ing this enterprise such a success,
and they. are Messrs. Joe G. Booth.
w. G.. Sneed, A. +. Dechman and Col.
Henry f. Shelley.
The presence of Adjutant General
w. III. Mabry and General Oppenhei-
mer and staff also add to the import.
ance of the occasion.
WILL FALL TODAY.
| The battle will be resumed this af
ternoon with renewed energy. Boil
sides have received an extra supply
Of munitions and achievements are
expected for today. The first sho
win be fired at o'clock, and the las
shot will be fired not until either on'
side or the other is victorious. Fate
however, will decide against the Tex
ans, according to history, and thu
Alamo will fall today.
The management is DESTROYS of Civ
ing everybody an opportunity to wit
ness a good reproduction of the ''Fal
of the Alamo" and for that reason
has decided to give the grand finisl
this afternoon. In order to better ia
cilitate matters the price Of admis
sion has been reduced from fifty t
twenty-five cents.
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