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71 53 to see so many of their comrades either killed or wounded, & could not be forced on although their officers [crossed out: tried to spur] force them to it at the point of the sword. The rifle continued to annoy them, then was [crossed out: great] confusion in their ranks, when General Woll considered it prudent to retire and leave a handful of farmers & backwoodsmen masters of the field. The loss of the Mexicans is variously stated, but to be within bounds from 100 to 150 were killed & wounded; [crossed out: of the Mexicans] and only 1 killed & 6 wounded of the Texans. Many Mexicans skulls & bones lie in the Valley of the Salado x The hero of the Salado Col. Caldwell died a short time afterward and is buried at Gonzales.

 In Feby 1813 a desperate battle was fought here between the Mexicans assisted by Kemper & his brave associates & the Spanish Royalists to the discomforture of the latter.

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