THE FLAG OF THE TEXAS REPUBLIC
"Remember the Alamo!"
"Remember the Alamo!" became the war cry of every Texan. The Mexicans were approaching, five thousand strong, under General Santa Ana. General Houston commanded the Texans, about seven hundred in all.
Massacre of Goliad
Suddenly the news came that General Fannin and his men, five hundred in number, had been massacred by the Mexicans at Goliad. The cause of Texan independence looked dark indeed.
HOUSTON AT SAN JACINTO
Where his battle cry, "Remember the Alamo!" won Texas independence from Mexico
Houston's retreat
Houston began a retreat of two hundred fifty miles to the eastward. Santa Ana followed closely after him, but scattered his men, just as Houston wanted him to do, until he had with him only eighteen hundred men. They were now on the banks of the San Jacinto.