St.Louis. A battle, a legend | Mediateca de EducaMadrid

It's May 25th of 1780. Here in St. Louis, two girls, Isabel and Maria, had arrived to make some errands for the newspaper company they work at. 00:00:01

Oh, it's such a pity our boss just makes us do errands at work. We're just doing dirty work for them. 00:00:16

I know, right? It's unfair. It's a shame those pricks can't see how skiffle we can be. 00:00:23

Isabella and Maria proceed to check the little markets of St. Louis to gather resources. 00:00:29

Suddenly, bells start to frantically ringing. 00:00:35

The enemy is coming from the north! Get your kids and spouses inside! 00:00:39

Everyone, in position for battle! 00:00:45

Where is my son? I can't find him! 00:00:48

My neighbors are still outside! Open the door! 00:00:51

wait what's happening why are we getting attacked so suddenly what do we do quick let's get inside 00:00:55

they run and hide over a church waiting to see what's happening everyone was bewildered and 00:01:05

anxious hey i got an idea why don't we take this opportunity to show our arrogant co-workers 00:01:12

how useful we can be what are you crazy you're absolutely nuts we can't go wandering around in 00:01:21

a situation like this relax relax this might be our only chance to do that if we don't go now 00:01:29

who knows if we will ever get an opportunity like this all right if you say so 00:01:37

I think we should ask the general upstairs. 00:01:44

They hid near the canyon, looking for Leyva. 00:01:49

Look, there he is, the famous leader from Spain. 00:01:53

Excuse me, sir, may we ask you some questions? 00:01:59

What? What are these puny females nobody's doing in here? 00:02:03

Oh, how dare you! 00:02:08

We just want to let our village know what's happening over here. 00:02:10

After all, this is a very used place for trade, and they need to know. 00:02:16

Enough! I will not tolerate this talk back to Dice Superior. Get out of my sight! 00:02:22

Oh, yeah? We'll just ask that soldier over there. I'm sure he will give us more information than you could ever. 00:02:27

Ah, okay, okay. Alonso, I'm sure we can both agree that I am a better option for providing events. 00:02:35

Mr. Leyva, who even is attacking this place? 00:02:43

The enemy are those despicable English allies with some Indian tribes. They are so pathetic. 00:02:47

Did you know this would happen? 00:02:54

Yes, we knew. When I discovered that the English were coming, I wrote to my superior, Bernardo de Galvez, 00:02:56

Asking for supplies and people, but he couldn't send us supplies, so I had to conspire with villagers to fight with us. 00:03:03

If you knew that they were coming, what was the strategy you prepared with the few resources you currently had available? 00:03:10

Well, we made a fortification around the village and placed canyons around it. 00:03:18

Before the English started attacking, we closed the gates and hid inside the village, with some soldiers out waiting for our enemies. 00:03:22

And do you think it's currently giving results? 00:03:31

Well, with the few experienced soldiers we have, the situation is not so bad yet. 00:03:35

The worst thing is the enemy provoking into getting us out with peeling the skin of our soldiers' corpses and some soldiers are really angry. 00:03:40

What are your expectations for this battle? 00:03:49

It's obvious that with the impenetrable fortress we have, we are going to win, but I wish not so many people weren't injured. 00:03:52

How much time do you think you'll be fighting? 00:04:01

It is difficult to say, you know, but with the speed we are awakening them, I'd say we are currently about an hour or two. 00:04:03

Wow, it's going really fast. Could you talk to us about the situation inside the barrier? 00:04:13

I don't know with accuracy, but I suppose that everyone is doing their best, holding their position in case the enemy breaks in. 00:04:20

Okay, let's go with the last question. Do you... 00:04:28

Leiva, come desperately. We need your help. 00:04:31

Sorry, girls. I need to continue working. 00:04:34

Bye. Thanks for answering. 00:04:37

Isabel, why don't we ask someone else for a more direct experience from battle? 00:04:40

Like that one soldier over there. 00:04:46

That sounds good. 00:04:49

Excuse me, sir. May we ask you some questions? 00:04:51

Sure. Go ahead. 00:04:54

why are you crying young man my brother is dead and i couldn't save him they mauled his corpse spread his insides his limbs were missing god knows where they could have been 00:04:56

sorry i just can't understand how our leader boss left a nine hundred village of people on its own for the past three months not with the enemy surpassing our citizen numbers 00:05:13

We are so sorry for you. Do you know if they are gone yet? 00:05:26

I'm not sure. I couldn't participate in the battle. I just couldn't. 00:05:31

Well, thank you for talking with us. 00:05:38

We hope your brother gets a proper funeral. 00:05:41

It seems like you need some time for yourself, so we'll leave. 00:05:44

They walk away, talking about this period. 00:05:49

The doors of the Louis open. 00:05:52

Look Maria, they are starting to open the doors! 00:05:54

Yeah, and by the looks of it, it seems the sun is getting out. 00:05:58

We should inform our superiors about this. 00:06:03