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 - 319 sider |
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Side 46
... 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 , and probably exceed- ed that number ...
... 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 , and probably exceed- ed that number ...
Side 67
... eight days ' rations and forty rounds of ammunition . All surplus arms and accoutre- ments , resulting from casualties on the road , will be de- posited with Lieutenant Stewart , left in charge of the depot at this place , who will give ...
... eight days ' rations and forty rounds of ammunition . All surplus arms and accoutre- ments , resulting from casualties on the road , will be de- posited with Lieutenant Stewart , left in charge of the depot at this place , who will give ...
Side 100
... eight weeks , provided for by one of the articles of capitulation at Monterey , and directed General Taylor to resume hostilities . That officer therefore addressed a letter to Santa Anna notifying him of the renewal of hostilities ...
... eight weeks , provided for by one of the articles of capitulation at Monterey , and directed General Taylor to resume hostilities . That officer therefore addressed a letter to Santa Anna notifying him of the renewal of hostilities ...
Side 97
... eight weeks , unless the respective governments should refuse to ratify the terms of this truce . Monterey and its fortifications were armed with forty- two pieces of cannon , well supplied with ammunition , and manned with a force of ...
... eight weeks , unless the respective governments should refuse to ratify the terms of this truce . Monterey and its fortifications were armed with forty- two pieces of cannon , well supplied with ammunition , and manned with a force of ...
Side 98
... eight men killed , thirty - one officers and three hundred and thirty - seven men wounded . The loss of the enemy was much greater . The storming of Monterey requires no comment . A city surrounded by high massive walls which supported ...
... eight men killed , thirty - one officers and three hundred and thirty - seven men wounded . The loss of the enemy was much greater . The storming of Monterey requires no comment . A city surrounded by high massive walls which supported ...
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The Mexican War and Its Warriors: Comprising a Complete History of All the ... John Frost Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1850 |
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8th infantry advance 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 captured castle cavalry chaparral Chapultepec charge citizens Colonel column command commenced Commodore Contreras corps cross Cruz defense despatch detached division dragoons eight enemy enemy's field fire flank force Fort Brown front gallant garrison Government guns Headpiece horses hundred infantry intrenched killed Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel loss Major Major-General Matamoras ment Mexican Republic Mexico miles military Molino del Rey Monterey morning musketry night officers ordered party Pillow's Point Isabel position prisoners Quitman Rangers rank ratifications rear received regiment retreat river road round shot Saltillo Santa Anna Scott Shields shot Smith soldiers soon squadron surrender Taylor territories Texas thousand tion town Treaty troops Twiggs Twiggs's United Vera Cruz victory volunteers Worth wounded
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Side 311 - ... western termination ; thence northward along the western line of New Mexico until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same) ; thence down the middle of the said branch and of the said river until it empties into the Rio Colorado ; thence across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the...
Side 311 - Government, whereby healthy and otherwise suitable places, at a distance from the ports not exceeding thirty leagues, shall be designated for the residence of such troops as may not yet have embarked, until the return of the healthy season. And the space of time here referred to as, comprehending the sickly season shall be understood to extend from the first day of May to the first day of November.
Side 317 - ... all women and children scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all others whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind...
Side 317 - ... are now placing themselves, using, for this end, mutual representations, and pacific negotiations. And if, by these means, they should not be enabled to come to an agreement, a resort shall not, on this account, be had to reprisals, aggression, or hostility of any kind, by the one republic against the other, until the Government of that which deems itself aggrieved shall have maturely considered, in the spirit of peace and good neighborship, whether it would not be better that such difference...
Side 313 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Side 315 - XIII. The United States engage, moreover, to assume and pay to the claimants all the amounts now due them, and those hereafter to become due, by reason of the claims already liquidated, and decided against the Mexican republic, under the conventions between the two republics severally concluded on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine...
Side 311 - In order to designate the boundary line with due precision, upon authoritative maps, and to establish upon the ground land-marks which shall show the limits of both Republics...
Side 310 - Immediately upon the signature of this treaty, a convention shall be entered into between a commissioner or commissioners appointed by the General-in-chief of the forces of the United States, and such as may be appointed by the Mexican Government, to the end that a provisional suspension of hostilities shall take place...
Side 309 - Republic; who, after a reciprocal communication of their respective full powers, have, under the protection of Almighty God, the author of Peace, arranged, agreed upon, and signed the following Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement 'between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic...
Side 314 - Mexican republic ; and also an account of the cost of collection ; and such entire amount, deducting only the cost of collection, shall be delivered to the Mexican government, at the City of Mexico, within three months after the exchange of ratifications.