Mexican Casualties AND RESURRECTION

VII. COUNTING/RECORDING MEXICAN CASUALTIES

At the end of each TURN the Mexican Player must count and record the number of casualties each Mexican Column (Group) obtained during the TURN. The number of casualties must be added to those obtained in the previous TURNS and totaled. The total casualties will be used to decide the morale of each Mexican Column at the beginning of the next TURN.

VIII. RESURRECTION OF FALLEN MEXICAN UNITS

Since the game requires 600 Mexican Units and there are only 300 Mexican Units available, fallen Mexican Units are resurrected after the counting and recording of casualties. The fallen Mexican Units will be resurrected and replaces with dead/wounded Mexican markers. One marker will be used for every five Mexican casualties. The resurrected Mexican Units will be placed behind the Mexican Column they were initially assigned to at the beginning of the game. The number of Mexican casualties that can be resurrected will depend on the total number of Mexican Units assigned to the Mexican Column before the game started..

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Explanation of the title, NO SMALL AFFAIR; After the battle, an officer in General Santa Anna’s staff said to his excellency that the battle was “Una Gran Victoria!” (A Great Victory!). The General’s reply was “Solo Una Pequena” (only a small affair).

However, it was no small affair. The 13 day siege bought precious time for General Sam Houston to rally his army. 7 weeks after the fall of the Alamo, Santa Anna was defeated by Houston’s army at the Battle of San Jacinto. An army driven by the resounding cry, “REMEMBER THE ALAMO!”