<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas Revolution">Texas Revolution</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Alamo">Battle of the Alamo</a>: After a thirteen-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege">siege</a> by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Davy Crockett">Davy Crockett</a> and colonel <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bowie" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jim Bowie">Jim Bowie</a>, defending the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Mission_in_San_Antonio" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alamo Mission in San Antonio">Alamo</a> are killed and the fort is captured.