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El Degüello
Bugle call
This article is about the bugle call. For the ZZ Top album, see Degüello.
El degüello (Spanish: El toque a degüello) is a bugle call, notable in the United States for its use as a march by Mexican Army buglers during the Siege and Battle of the Alamo[1] to signal that the defenders of the garrison would receive no quarter by the attacking Mexican Army under General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
The Degüello was introduced to the Americas by the Spanish armies and was later adopted by the patriot armies fighting against them during the Spanish American wars of independence. It was also widely used by Simon Bolivar's armies, notably during the Battle of Junín[2] and the Battle of Ayacucho.[3]
"Degüello" is a Spanish noun from the verb "degollar", to describe the action of throat-cutting.
More figuratively, it means "give no quarter".[1] It "signifies the act of beheading or throat-cutting and in Spanish hist
