Expeditions
On November 25, 1842, Alexander Somervell, a customs officer from Matagorda Island left San Antonio with 700 men under his command on a military expedition to punish the Mexican Army for raids in Texas. The Somervell Expedition recaptured Laredo on December 7, 1842 and then, with a reduced force of 500, took the Mexican town of Guerrero. Without serious backing for the expedition from the Republic of Texas, Somervell ordered his men to disband and return home on December 19, 1842. Five captains and their men disobeyed, initiating the start of the Mier Expedition. They then continued the march on to Ciudad Mier under the command of William S Fisher.
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