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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... troops marched through a sandy desert , infested by venomous reptiles , until they * In this march , says a late writer , the army encountered the most appalling hardships , both from the heat of the sandy deserts over which they passed ...
... troops marched through a sandy desert , infested by venomous reptiles , until they * In this march , says a late writer , the army encountered the most appalling hardships , both from the heat of the sandy deserts over which they passed ...
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... troops , and then [ March 22d ] resumed his march for the Rio Grande . On the 24th , news was received that the Mexicans had taken possession of Point Isabel , on the Brazos Santiago , which place the general had pre- viously selected ...
... troops , and then [ March 22d ] resumed his march for the Rio Grande . On the 24th , news was received that the Mexicans had taken possession of Point Isabel , on the Brazos Santiago , which place the general had pre- viously selected ...
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... troops were regarded as lawless banditti , whose sole intention was spoil and plunder . In a few days , however , this feeling seems to have subsided ; the good behaviour of the American troops dissipated previous fears ; and the ...
... troops were regarded as lawless banditti , whose sole intention was spoil and plunder . In a few days , however , this feeling seems to have subsided ; the good behaviour of the American troops dissipated previous fears ; and the ...
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... 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 fallen in the ...
... 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 fallen in the ...
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... troops laboured to complete the fortifi- cations , although exposed to the full range of the 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 ...
... troops laboured to complete the fortifi- cations , although exposed to the full range of the 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 ...
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