Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Neill akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel panguva yaakapinda mukukombwa kweBéxar, uye mazuva gumi gare gare Houston akamugadza kuti atarisire varwi veTexan muguta. Muna January vagari vakanga vatanga kubuda pamberi pemasimba aSanta Anna akanga ava kusvika. Neill akateterera kuHouston nokuda kwokuwedzera mauto, zvokushandisa uye zvombo. Kuenda kwevanhu vokuTexas avo vakabatana neMatamoros Expedition kwakanga kwasiya Neill aine varume vanenge 100 chete. Panguva iyoyo Houston akaona Béxar somutoro wehondo uye akanga asingadi kuti uto raSanta Anna raifambira mberi riwane kudzora chero varwi vakanga vasara kana kuti zvombo zvehondo. Akatuma Bowie nemirairo yokubvisa zvombo, kuti vadziviriri vasiye
Basa reAlamo nokuriparadza. Pakusvika kwake pana January 19 uye kukurukurirana kwakatevera naNeill, Bowie akasarudza kuti basa racho raiva nzvimbo yakarurama yekumisa uto reMexico mumakwara aro. Akagara ndokutanga kubatsira Neill kugadzirira kurwisa kwaizouya. Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis akasvika nevashandi vokuwedzera musi waFebruary 3. Apo Neill akapiwa zororo kuti atarisire nhau dzemhuri musi waFebruary 11, Travis akatora mutungamiri webasa racho, uye mazuva matatu gare gare iye naBowie vakabvumirana kutungamira pamwe chete. Santa Anna akayambuka Rio Grande pana February 16, uye kurwisa kweuto reMexico paAlamo kwakatanga pana February 23. Kaputeni Juan Seguín akasiya basa racho musi waFebruary 25, akatakura tsamba yaibva kuna Travis ichienda kuna Fannin paGoliad achikumbira mamwe masimba. Santa Anna akapa Tejanos mukati meimba yekurwira; mumwe akapona asiri murwi, Enrique Esparza, akati vazhinji veTejanos vakaenda apo Bowie akavarayira kuti vatore chikumbiro. Mukupindura tsamba yaTravis yaFebruary 24 kuVanhu veTexas, 32 vanozvipira vemapurisa vakaumba Gonzales Ranging Company yeVanozvipira Vakakwira uye vakasvika paAlamo musi waFebruary 29.