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Although most people automatically think of the famous battle that occured occurred in 1836 when the Alamo is mentioned there is a history of minor battles that occured occurred at the Alamo. The Alamo has a long and bloody history beginning in the mid to late 1700's.

In October of 1835 one of many battles occured occurred between residents of Gonzales and the Mexican troops that occupied the Alamo at the time. This skirmish led to Santa Anna sending in troops under Martin Perfecto de Cós to San Antonio. This was only one of many smaller battles over the course of October, November, and December of 1835 that eventually led to the famous battle that occured occurred in February and March of 1836.

The battle in 1835 is usually referred to as the Siege of Béxar, was the first battle for the occupation of the Alamo, in which the Texans took possession from the Mexican Governmental troops. It took place between October 12 and December 11th, 18651835. On December 7th, the Texans had all of their artillery in place and began their assault on the Alamo. The flag of surrender was sent out from the Alamo to the Texan army on December 9th. So a good guess as to the exact 'night those men died' would be December 8th, 1835.