Historical sketch and guide to the Alamo . adequate protection against attack. The inner wallseparated the Alamo from the Plaza San Velaro, thelatter being a small square or plaza before the monas-tery, into which, along the outer west wall, domesticdwellings opened for the Indians. The inner wall gave the Alamo a double protectionon the West and South, the ditch forming the divisionline on the East. Not until the Texans had retreatedinto the church did the Mexicans force an entranceinto this inner court and plant their guns before thefront door of the church, a continuous rain of fire fromthe
Historical sketch and guide to the Alamo . adequate protection against attack. The inner wallseparated the Alamo from the Plaza San Velaro, thelatter being a small square or plaza before the monas-tery, into which, along the outer west wall, domesticdwellings opened for the Indians. The inner wall gave the Alamo a double protectionon the West and South, the ditch forming the divisionline on the East. Not until the Texans had retreatedinto the church did the Mexicans force an entranceinto this inner court and plant their guns before thefront door of the church, a continuous rain of fire fromthe patriots rifles holding them back until the Texansw^ere so reduced that they could keep up the continu-ous musketry no longer. The inner wall of the mission is shown in the planof the Alamo to be found in this brochure. It hasbeen told by historians that the enemy broke into theAlamo by the window on the South, which, however,was not there at the time of the siege. Nor was theAlamo roofless, as has been heralded by various writerson the
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