Machinist thank you so much for the response and great input!!
I didn't expect much traffic here as this topic is not much of a draw as far as interest, but as I noted, there is so much history here in this part of the U.S. and it is so little understood.
The reason that the lance was so key to Spanish colonial weaponry was mostly that the firearms, even when serviceable , the powder in Mexico was poor quality. In recent reading on the Alamo battle, one of the most overlooked factors was the terrible gunpowder. I have understood that even few of the Mexican cannon shots even reached the target. The Spanish muskets when fired failed to even penetrate, however they did in the attack severely penetrate the Mexican ranks directly in front of those firing.
It was the bayonet which did most of the damage.
Thank you again for you help with this.
Jim
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