When troops arrived the Texans had a flag saying "Come and take it," starting the Texas Revolution. Texas soldiers pushed back and took the Alamo. Santa Anna took 6,500 to reclaim the mission and ...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — It took just 90 minutes for history to be made on March 6, 1836, when the Mexican army of Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna set out to reclaim the Alamo Mission in a bid to ...