The defeat by the Texans at the 1836 Battle of the Alamo made martyrs of the heroes who fought until the end and inspired the rest of Texans to fight with valor to gain independence from Mexico. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the 1836 Battle of the Alamo and to identify how the utilization of intelligence assets or the lack thereof could off resulted in an alternate outcome. Additionally, this paper will provide a brief analysis of the battle and will, based on evidence, show how if the Texan forces would had defeat the Mexican army in The battle of the Alamo Mexico would had held control of Southern Texas yielding a faster impendence for the Texans.
In December 1835, after General (Gen.) Martín Perfecto de Cos surrendered, a group
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The forces at the Alamo where expecting arrival of the Mexican forces until mid-March (Hickman, 2017). On 22 January 1836, Col. Bowie received intelligence from local scout Señor Jose Cassiano that Gen. Santa Ana on Texas with a force of 4,600 men. Col. Bowie had talks with local religious leaders that confirmed Señor Cassiano’s intelligence (Lord, 2012). LTC Travis rejected the intelligence and asserted he did not believed the Mexican forces would reach the Alamo before 15 March 1836 (Hardin, 2010). Further reports from scouts delivered to LTC Santa Anna described a Mexican force of 1,600 infantry, 400 cavalry, 80 wagons, 400 mules, 3,000 mule-loads of flour, 300 bushels of biscuits, 2 mortars, and 12 pieces of artillery (Lord, 2012). On 23 February 1836, the Mexican force led by Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began an artillery attack at the Alamo. The attack last for 13 days and on the morning of 6 March the Mexican force breached the wall and overpowered the outnumbered resistance (History.com, 2010). Although it took 13 days, the inevitable happened and the Gen. Santa Anna’s forces killing nearly every fighter in the fortress destroyed the Alamo. It has been reported that the Mexican force later executed the few Texan troops that survived (Hickman,