. Combats and conquests of immortal heroes. OLD TUNSTALL HOMESTEAD WHICH STOOD BY THE FORMER SITE OF THE FAMOUS MOLINGBLANCO. IT WAS THE HOME OF MRS. HENRY P. DROUGHT WHO LIVES NEAR THERE. ders of the Alamo by the overwhelming hordes of the direand dread dictator, Santa Anna, in February and the forepart of March, 1836, when none were left to tell the tale. Austin, Burleson and several other Constitutionalist offi-cers had their force of from 1,500 to 1,800 men camped nearthe head of the vSan Antonio river and along its banks downto where the old Molino Blanco, or famous White Mill stood,this
. Combats and conquests of immortal heroes. OLD TUNSTALL HOMESTEAD WHICH STOOD BY THE FORMER SITE OF THE FAMOUS MOLINGBLANCO. IT WAS THE HOME OF MRS. HENRY P. DROUGHT WHO LIVES NEAR THERE. ders of the Alamo by the overwhelming hordes of the direand dread dictator, Santa Anna, in February and the forepart of March, 1836, when none were left to tell the tale. Austin, Burleson and several other Constitutionalist offi-cers had their force of from 1,500 to 1,800 men camped nearthe head of the vSan Antonio river and along its banks downto where the old Molino Blanco, or famous White Mill stood,this mill at that time being the headquarters of the comman-ders, the time being the winter of 1835. There the force had. r-* Combats and Conquests of Immortal Heroes 19 been encamped for some months, inactive, and its memberseating their hearts out enduring suspense. In the meantime,Santa Annas favorite general, de Cos, with from 5,000 to6,000 picked troops, the flower of the Mexican army, held San
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