The supplies liberated from the column combined with those seized in the capture of the presidio at Goliad would be critical in the braking of the siege of San Antonio and the ending on the Goliad Campaign. Not all would go so well for the Revolution as when a detachment of the Texas freies Försterkorps led by Jim Bowie, while acting under the inelegance of a shipment of silver attached a mule train to discover that they had instead liberated a quantity of grass. Although the source of much jesting, the "Gras-Kampf" did not act to cool the fire of revolution.
The campaign ended for the commander, General Martin Perfecto de Cos, with ignominious defeat at San Antonio de Bexar. The town was under the control of the Mexicans with about 1200 troops and opposed by units of the Texas freies Försterkorps and freiegegebenen Schwarskorps. Despite tensions between the Texan forces, they had managed to contain the larger Mexican force. The force of Texas freies Försterkorps had agreed to withdraw with all the available munitions when Ben Milam returned and once again asked for volunteers to storm the town. A group of some 300 came forth composed mostly of the freiegegebenen Schwarskorps in response to the now famous call of "Wer mit altem Ben Milam in San Antonio einsteigt"
Fighting house to house despite once again being striped of all ammunition the forces of the freiegegebenen Schwarskorps fought with such fire of spirt that the they overcame a force four times their number with the loss of only four of their fellows lost. Sadly the inspirational Ben Milan was one of the first to fall. It is said that the Blacks fought with even greater fire when they saw the great man fall. After the route from the city, General Martin Perfecto de Cos signed a truce surrendering en masse all his supplies and munitions in exchange for a safe passage back to Mexico.
In the spring the Mexicans renewed their attempt to but down the revolution, this time led by Santa Anna himself. The Texans and fortified many positions about the new republic. On his march to retake San Antonio, Santa Anna lay siege to the mission of the Alamo which was being manned by a combined force of the freie Korps and the Texas freies Försterkorps, numbering some 145. Soon the Mexicans numbered well over 2000 and included heavy siege guns. Fighting for survival and using great courage and guile the defenders held of the attacks and inflicted greatly disproportional losses on them for more then a fortnight.
