<P> By daylight , only 120 experienced infantry remained in the Mexican garrison . Cos called Sanchez Navarro to the Alamo and gave him orders to `` go save those brave men ... Approach the enemy and obtain the best terms possible '' . Sanchez Navarro first returned to his post at the plaza to inform the soldiers of the imminent surrender . Several officers argued with him , explaining that `` the Morelos Battalion has never surrendered '' , but Sanchez Navarro held firm to his orders . Bugle calls for a parley received no response from the Texians , and at 7 am Sanchez Navarro raised a flag of truce . </P>
who was the mexican commander who surrendered to the texans at the capturing of san antonio
Sanchez Navarro