He found that he could rest better here than inside the wagon, and, in an hour or two, he dozed a little, but when he awoke the night was still very dark.
The men finished their toil at the breastwork just before day and then, laying aside their shovels and picks and taking up their rifles, they watched for the first shoot of dawn in the east.

It came presently, disclosing the long lines of Mexican sentinels and behind them the army.
The enemy was on watch and soon a terrible rumor, that was true, spread among the Texans.

They were caught like the men of Refugio.

Only three or four rounds of ammunition were left.

It was bad enough to be without food and water, but without powder and bullets either they were no army.
Now Ned knew that his presages were true.