nine o’clock
He sat upon the grass and ate it -- or rather upon the blue hyacinths that covered the grass ; they are red now . For many weeks I had not seen his countenance so bright ; all traces of trouble and anxiety were gone . He called Deaf Smith -- the scout of scouts -- and quickly ordered him to cut down the only bridge across the bayou . `` At nine o'clock , General Cos joined Santa Anna with five hundred and forty men , and for a moment I thought we had made a mistake in not attacking the enemy before his reinforcements came up . But the knowledge that Cos was present , raised enthusiasm to the highest pitch . Our troops remembered his parole at the Alamo , and the shameful manner in which he had broken it ; and there was not a man who did not long to kill him for it . `` About three o'clock in the afternoon , Houston ordered the attack .