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 - 333 sider |
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Side 25
... thousand Mexicans . Dur- ing the twenty - seven days since our arrival here , a most singular state of things has prevailed all through the out- lines of the two armies , which , to a certain extent , have Capture of Captain Thornton ...
... thousand Mexicans . Dur- ing the twenty - seven days since our arrival here , a most singular state of things has prevailed all through the out- lines of the two armies , which , to a certain extent , have Capture of Captain Thornton ...
Side 26
... thousand five hundred of the 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 ...
... thousand five hundred of the 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 ...
Side 32
... thousands were supported by a battery that had been erected in the night , and which the garrison named for the sake of distinction , " the Bat- tery in the country . " This battery , with those in Mata- Signal guns fired at Fort Brown ...
... thousands were supported by a battery that had been erected in the night , and which the garrison named for the sake of distinction , " the Bat- tery in the country . " This battery , with those in Mata- Signal guns fired at Fort Brown ...
Side 45
... of the day . Our own force engaged is shown by the field report , herewith transmitted , to have been one hundred and seventy - seven officers and two thousand one hundred Arista's Despatch . and eleven men ; aggregate , two THE WAR . 45.
... of the day . Our own force engaged is shown by the field report , herewith transmitted , to have been one hundred and seventy - seven officers and two thousand one hundred Arista's Despatch . and eleven men ; aggregate , two THE WAR . 45.
Side 46
... thousand two hundred and eighty - eight . The Mexican force , according to the statement of their own officers , taken prisoners in the affair of the 9th , was not less than six thousand regular troops , with ten pieces of artillery ...
... thousand two hundred and eighty - eight . The Mexican force , according to the statement of their own officers , taken prisoners in the affair of the 9th , was not less than six thousand regular troops , with ten pieces of artillery ...
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4th infantry advance American Ampudia arms army 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 Cerro Gordo chaparral Chapultepec charge citizens Colonel column command commenced Commodore Contreras corps cross Cruz defense detached directed dragoons eight enemy enemy's field fire flank force fortified front gallant garrison Government guns horses hundred Indians infantry intrenched Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel loss Major Major-General Matamoras ment Mexican Republic Mexico miles military Monterey morning musketry night o'clock officers ordered party pieces Pillow's Point Isabel position prisoners Quitman Rangers rank reached rear received regiment retreat ridge 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