1. WHO? JIM BOWIE, JAMES WALKER FANNIN COL. DOMINGO DE URGARTECHEA LT. COL. JOSE MARIA MENDOZA Battle of Concepcion

2. WHEN? OCTOBER 28, 1835 Battle of Concepcion

3. WHERE? MISSION PURISIMA CONCEPCION Battle of Concepcion

4. WHY? JIM BOWIE AND JAMES FANNIN WERE SENT TO SCOUT FOR A BASE OF OPERATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO AND SUPPOSE TO RETURN TO STEPHEN F. AUSTIN’S ARMY AT MISSION ESPADA. Battle of Concepcion

5. WHY? INSTEAD OF RETURNING AS ORDERED, BOWIE CAMPED AT MISSION CONCEPCION FOR THE NIGHT. GENERAL COS LEARNED THE ARMY WAS SPLIT, SO HE DECIDED TO ATTACK BOWIE AND HIS MEN. Battle of Concepcion

6. WHAT? BOWIE HAD 92 MEN, THE MEXICAN ARMY NUMBERED CLOSE TO 400 AND TWO CANNONS. AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING THE MEXICAN INFANTRY ADVANCED BEHIND THE CANNONS, GUNS A BLAZING. THE TEXANS FROM THE LONG RIFLE, ABLE TO KILL AT OVER 200 YARDS. Battle of Concepcion

7. WHAT? TEXAN SHARPSHOOTERS KILLED 3 PEOPLE TRYING TO FIRE THE CANNON, THE LAST ONE WITH A LIGHT MATCH STILL IN HIS HAND. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF FIGHTING, AND NOBODY WILLING TO FIRE THE CANNON, THE MEXICAN RETREATED. Battle of Concepcion

8. WHAT? OVER 60 MEXICANS WERE KILLED AND AS MANY WERE WOUNDED. ONLY ONE TEXAN WAS KILLED IN THE FIGHT. Battle of Concepcion