***Santa Anna’s loss estimated at 1600 men.***
I have read that Santa Anna only claimed 75 were lost. But then, he was the winner.
He was a winner, for the time being!
Have visited The Shrine on a half dozen occasions. Always marvel how so few a number could withstand a force that large in such a small space.
There is at least one differing account by another alleged witness (an officer in the Mexican army). According to that account the battle was actually quite short once the full assault began, there were at least a few survivors (including Crocket), and those survivors were put to death by torture.
Likely a lie, driven by machismo.
Over the centuries, attackers require something like a 4-to-1 advantage to prevail.
The idea that the attackers lost less than half the number of people inside defending is quite a stretch, especially given the initial superior firepower.
Also, the witness doesn't really have much of a motivation to inflate his side's numbers..