And yet the news it brought was not unfavorable: "SENORA MARIA FLORES WORTH: "I send this on December the fifth, in the year of our Blessed Lord and Lady 1835.

It is my honor and pleasure to tell you that the Americans, having performed miracles of valor, reached the Plaza this afternoon.

Here the main body of the Mexican troops received them, and there has been severe fighting.

At sunset, the Mexicans retreated within the Alamo.
The Texans have taken possession of the Veramendi House, and the portion of the city surrounding it.

There has been a great slaughter of our poor countrymen.