On November 26, Texan forces defeated a Mexican column in the so-called Grass Fight, just weeks after the Battle of Gonzales that started the Texas Revolution and a runup to the Battle of the Alamo four months later. The Texas army besieging San Antonio was informed that Mexican cavalrymen with pack animals were approaching. Thinking the column might be carrying pay for the Mexican army, the Texans attacked. Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos, commander of the Mexican garrison in San Antonio, sent out infantrymen and an artillery piece. The Texans led by Col. James Bowie eventually drove the Mexicans back. Texas losses included four wounded, while Mexican losses numbered three dead and fourteen wounded. The pack train, the Texans soon discovered, was carrying only grass for the Mexican army animals . . .