Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A buliri Neill n'ọkwa lieutenant colonel n'oge o sonyere na nnọchibido nke Béxar, na ụbọchị iri ka nke ahụ gasịrị, Houston mere ya onyeisi ndị agha Texian nọ n'obodo ahụ. Na Jenụwarị ndị bi ebe ahụ amalitela ịpụ tupu ndị agha Santa Anna abịa. Neill rịọrọ Houston ka o nyeghachi ya ndị agha, ngwa agha na ngwa agha. Ọpụpụ nke ndị Texas bụ́ ndị sonyere na Njem Njem Matamoros hapụrụ Neill nanị ihe dị ka ndị ikom 100. N'oge ahụ, Houston lere Béxar anya dị ka ibu agha ma ọ chọghị ka ndị agha Santa Anna na-aga n'ihu na-achịkwa ndị agha ọ bụla fọdụrụ ma ọ bụ egbe agha. O zipụrụ Bowie na ntuziaka iji wepụ ụta, ka ndị na-agbachitere ahapụ
Ọrụ Alamo ma bibie ya. Mgbe ọ bịarutere na Jenụwarị 19 na mkparịta ụka ya na Neill mechara, Bowie kpebiri na ọrụ ahụ bụ ebe kwesịrị ekwesị iji kwụsị ndị agha Mexico n'ụzọ ya. Ọ nọrọ wee malite inyere Neill aka ịkwadebe maka mwakpo na-abịanụ. Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis bịarutere na ndị enyemaka na February 3. Mgbe e nyere Neill ezumike iji lekọta ihe gbasara ezinaụlọ na February 11, Travis weghaara iwu nke ọrụ ahụ, na ụbọchị atọ ka e mesịrị ya na Bowie kwetara na ha ga-achịkọta ọnụ. Santa Anna gafere Rio Grande na February 16, na mwakpo ndị agha Mexico na Alamo malitere na February 23. Captain Juan Seguín hapụrụ ọrụ ahụ na February 25, na-ebu akwụkwọ ozi sitere na Travis na Fannin na Goliad na-arịọ maka mgbakwunye ndị ọzọ. Santa Anna nyere ndị Tejanos nọ n'ime ebe e wusiri ike onyinye mgbaghara; onye lanarịrị ọgụ, Enrique Esparza, kwuru na ọtụtụ ndị Tejanos hapụrụ mgbe Bowie gwara ha ka ha were onyinye ahụ. Na nzaghachi nye akwụkwọ ozi Travis nke February 24 Nye Ndị Texas, ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo militia 32 guzobere Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers ma rute na Alamo na February 29.