<Dl> <Dd> Fellow citizens and compatriots; </Dd> <Dd> I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna . I have sustained a continual Bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours and have not lost a man . The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken . I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls . I shall never surrender or retreat . Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism and everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch . The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days . If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country . VICTORY or DEATH . <Dl> <Dd> William Barret Travis </Dd> <Dd> Lt. Col. Comdt . </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> <Dd> P.S. The Lord is on our side . When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn . We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves . <Dl> <Dd> Travis </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Fellow citizens and compatriots; </Dd> <Dd> I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna . I have sustained a continual Bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours and have not lost a man . The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken . I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls . I shall never surrender or retreat . Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism and everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch . The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days . If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country . VICTORY or DEATH . <Dl> <Dd> William Barret Travis </Dd> <Dd> Lt. Col. Comdt . </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> William Barret Travis </Dd> <Dd> Lt. Col. Comdt . </Dd> </Dl>

Who said i shall never surrender or retreat