NNNAAASSSIN NNNAAASSSIN English Answered You can tell from her (accent/ascent/assent) that she is from Texas. The men were (all ready/already) exhausted from the battle.Colonel Travis ordered his troops to (cease/seize) firing The hopelessness of the situation does not (distract/detract) from the Texans' bravery. By the end of the battle, hundreds lay (deceased diseased) on the ground. Santa Anna's army used ladders in their (accent/ascent/assent) of the Alamo's walls. The Mexican general tried to illicit/elicit) a surrender from the defenders. The reinforcements arrived (latter/later) than expected. The soldiers were (all ready/already) for the attack. Travis worried about the civilians in the Alamo, but they did not (distract/defract) him from his goal. Santa Anna's army tried to (cease/seize) the Alamo by force.