The horror was not all visited on the attackers.
The defenders have a 10-second head-start on the attackers to buy weapons and prepare a defense.
The squad maintained a steady fire on the attackers until it began to run out of ammunition.
The Americans left their foxholes and in close combat fired on the attackers to push them back down the hill.
Although the Mexican defenders are given their due, the main attention in these four hours is on the American attackers.
Throughout the assault, the band of the 52nd played to spur on the attackers.
Rather than slow the change to majority rule, the raid seemed likely to backfire on the attackers.
If the trapper had killed Felix it could have been blamed on the attackers.
Beltzer swept it into his hands and swung on the attackers.
The two teams turn the tables on the attackers, and defeat the remaining facility troops.