The Fall of the Alamo
No Quarter: The Fall of the Alamo – Dawn of Sacrifice, 190 Years On Imagine the bone-deep exhaustion inside those battered adobe walls on the night of March 5, 1836. For twelve straight days the Mexican artillery had thundered without mercy, day and night. Bugles blared, regimental bands played taunting marches, and the relentless cannonade kept every defender on the walls or jumping at shadows. Then, suddenly, as darkness fell on the twelfth night, an eerie silence descended. The guns fell quiet. The music stopped. For the first time since the siege began, the Alamo slept. It was a trap. This…