Traditional Muzzleloading Association
The Center of Camp => People of the Times => Topic started by: Craig Tx on November 26, 2012, 07:31:29 AM
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From the Texas State Historical Association
Texians win Grass Fight
On this day in 1835, Texian forces defeated a Mexican column in the so-called Grass Fight. The Texas army besieging San Antonio was informed at mid-morning that Mexican cavalrymen with pack animals were approaching. Thinking that the column might be carrying pay for the Mexican army, the Texians attacked with cavalry and infantry. Gen. MartÃn Perfecto de Cos, commander of the Mexican garrison in San Antonio, sent out infantrymen and an artillery piece. The Texians eventually drove the Mexicans back. Texas losses included four wounded, while Mexican losses numbered three dead and fourteen wounded. The pack train, the Texans discovered, was carrying only grass for the Mexican army animals.
Craig