Soon after Santa Anna and the forward division of the Mexican army arrived in San Antonio they constructed artillery batteries with which to use to bombard the Alamo. The first batteries were across the river from the Alamo near Bexar, and east of the Alamo at today's Commerce street, then the Alameda. On March 3rd additional infantry battalions arrived and a new artillery battery was established north of the Alamo. Its purpose was to create a breach in the already weak north wall to allow easier access in an assault, or to convince the defenders to surrender. The cannonading from this battery did not achieve its objective and the defenders did not surrender, leading to the final tumultuous assault on March 6th.
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North Mexican Artillery Battery at the Alamo
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