[Coop]

Uh...I would not call the Alamo a "decisive" victory for Santa Anna in the least. While it is true that he killed all the defenders and took the old mission...what he lost in order to do that, both in the march to the battle, and in the battle itself was a horrendous cost. And that is not to mention the ire of the people he raised against whom he was fighting that ultimately contributed to his overall loss of the war, and Texas.

I would. It was put into the context of the Alamo... period.

Yes, he won the battle but lost the war. Muis bien!

[Jeff Head]

I would. It was put into the context of the Alamo

In the context of the Alamo itself, his forced march through a blizzard to get there cost him eight times the men he defeated, and the battle itself cost at least that many again, if not twice that number.

That is not a decisive victory. I would call it winning a particular battle at an unbelievable horrendous cost that if persisted in and replicated would ultimately lose the war.

Yes, he won...but not decisively so. If anything, the Texans and their allies proved to him how costly his victories would be and in that way won their won decisve triumph in losing that battle.