As the heavy double doors splintered and sagged on their broken hinges, the Mexican soldiers ran through and spread out in the smoke-filled church. As the surged forward, they bayoneted boys ruthlessly slaughtering them.

When they reached the sacristy, off the transept, they found the women waiting. Many were praying. They shot a boy and savagely hoisted him on their bayonets like a bundle of fodder!

At 6:30 A. M. the last of the firing was over. After the battle, 183 Texan defenders had died. There were 600 Mexican soldiers who had been killed or wounded.