Mier Expedition General Pedro de Ampudia

President Houston could not allow such an outrage to go entirely unpunished. On October 3, 1842, he bowed to the inevitable, ordering General Alexander Somervell of Matagorda to take command of the militia and the Texas Rangers Houston had called to muster in San Antonio, and to make a demonstration in force along the Mexican border. However, Houston made it absolutely clear to Somervell that the expedition was not to cross the Rio Grande unless the General was sure it could be done successfully. *** Now read the entire article posted on this web site at “A Glimpse of Texas Past”. ***

Mier Expedition Mexican Artillery