The Mexican War and Its Warriors: Comprising a Complete History of All the Operations of the American Armies in Mexico: with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Officers in the Regular Army and Volunteer ForceH. Mansfield, 1848 - 343 sider |
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... enemy con- cealed in the chaparral . The command behaved with great gallantry , but the number of the enemy was so overwhelming that they surrendered as prisoners of war . Lieutenant George Mason , who was killed in the rencoun- ter ...
... enemy con- cealed in the chaparral . The command behaved with great gallantry , but the number of the enemy was so overwhelming that they surrendered as prisoners of war . Lieutenant George Mason , who was killed in the rencoun- ter ...
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... enemy . His raw troops fled in confusion , and he was obliged to retreat . He returned with only two men ; seven afterwards came in . He estimated the force of the enemy at fifteen hundred , and thought that many of them must have ...
... enemy . His raw troops fled in confusion , and he was obliged to retreat . He returned with only two men ; seven afterwards came in . He estimated the force of the enemy at fifteen hundred , and thought that many of them must have ...
Side 31
... enemy's guns . By the fifteen hundred shot fired during this first day , but one man was killed . The Americans stopped firing about ten o'clock in the forenoon , as they were wasting ammunition and doing no injury , except to the town ...
... enemy's guns . By the fifteen hundred shot fired during this first day , but one man was killed . The Americans stopped firing about ten o'clock in the forenoon , as they were wasting ammunition and doing no injury , except to the town ...
Side 32
... enemy was not renewed , and the soldiers laboured with energy to complete the works . On the following day , large parties of the enemy , both horse and foot , were discovered in the rear of the fort . These thousands were supported by ...
... enemy was not renewed , and the soldiers laboured with energy to complete the works . On the following day , large parties of the enemy , both horse and foot , were discovered in the rear of the fort . These thousands were supported by ...
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... enemy to bring musketry into play upon the garrison , but those who ap- proached for the purpose were scattered with some loss by a few rounds of canister . The bombardment then grew still more severe , and continued till noon . In the ...
... enemy to bring musketry into play upon the garrison , but those who ap- proached for the purpose were scattered with some loss by a few rounds of canister . The bombardment then grew still more severe , and continued till noon . In the ...
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4th infantry advance American army Ampudia arms ARTICLE artillery assault attack battalion battery battle Battle of Chapultepec Battle of Churubusco Battle of Contreras Bishop's Palace brevet brigade Brigadier-General Buena Vista camp Captain captured castle cavalry chaparral Chapultepec charge citizens Colonel column command commenced Commodore Contreras corps cross Cruz defense detached dragoons eight enemy enemy's field fire flank force front gallant garrison Government guns horses howitzer hundred Indians infantry intrenched Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel loss Major Major-General Matamoras ment Mexican Republic Mexico miles military Molino del Rey Monterey morning musketry night o'clock officers ordered party pieces Pillow Point Isabel position prisoners Quitman Rangers rank ratifications reached rear received regiment retreat river road round shot Saltillo Santa Anna Scott Shields shot Smith soldiers soon squadron surrender Taylor Texas thousand tion town Treaty troops Twiggs Twiggs's United Vera Cruz victory volunteers Worth