The Alamo. If you can call that a battle. And he slaughtered prisoners at the Goliad Massacre in 1836. He was probably the worst leader in earth history.
Santa Anna
Santa Anna
Santa Anna's forces vastly outnumbered the "Texicans" defending the Alamo. Santa Anna's Mexican Army forces won the battle.
Santa Anna's forces vastly outnumbered the "Texicans" defending the Alamo. Santa Anna's Mexican Army forces won the battle.
Colonel William Travis was in charge of the Texians. Sam Houston was leading the Texians but he was not at the Alamo. President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the general in charge of the Mexicans on scene at the battle.
Santa Anna was NOT defeated at the battle of Buena Vista. Though 3,400 of Santa Anna's men were dead or wounded versus Taylor's 650, the Mexican general declared victory and retreated.
The bulk of the Mexican army led by Santa Anna.
The Battle of the Alamo was fight by 190-250 Texan troops against about 1,800 of General Santa Anna's Mexican troops. Santa Anna wanted to punish the Texans for defying his government. The Texans wanted independence and liberty from Santa Anna's centralist government.
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
Santa Anna.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the leader of the Mexican forces at the Battle of the Alamo. He was very important, because if he wasn't there, then there probably wouldn't have been a battle at the Alamo!
Wit The Mexican forces led by Mexican leader, Santa Anna, defeated the Texans defending the Alamo. The Mexicans had an overwhelming number of troops and the Alamo was surrounded and undermanned.