Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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Page 76
... fighting . When he was on his tour around the world the Crown Prince of Germany invited him to attend a military review . Grant accepted the invita- tion , but in commenting on the review he said to Bismarck : The truth is I am more of ...
... fighting . When he was on his tour around the world the Crown Prince of Germany invited him to attend a military review . Grant accepted the invita- tion , but in commenting on the review he said to Bismarck : The truth is I am more of ...
Page 87
... fighting after they had lost one or two battles . In September Taylor's army arrived before Monterey , a stone - built city of sixteen thousand inhabitants , after having marched two hundred miles from Matamoras . The place was taken by ...
... fighting after they had lost one or two battles . In September Taylor's army arrived before Monterey , a stone - built city of sixteen thousand inhabitants , after having marched two hundred miles from Matamoras . The place was taken by ...
Page 89
... fighting was to take place between Vera Cruz and Mex- ico City , and not in the north . He knew that Taylor had barely five thousand men at Monterey , while the Mexican army in front of him had grown to fifteen thousand . Scott had not ...
... fighting was to take place between Vera Cruz and Mex- ico City , and not in the north . He knew that Taylor had barely five thousand men at Monterey , while the Mexican army in front of him had grown to fifteen thousand . Scott had not ...
Page 92
... fights on a stair - case , the Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking in chivalrous gestures . The American ...
... fights on a stair - case , the Mexicans retreating slowly up the stairs as the Americans advanced . The Mexican War was a grubby affair , without a trace of sentiment , and singularly lacking in chivalrous gestures . The American ...
Page 94
... fighting until the Ameri- cans reached the City of Mexico , though there were numerous skirmishes - called battles - in which the Americans easily drove off their assailants . The conflict ceased to be a war and became a raid . The army ...
... fighting until the Ameri- cans reached the City of Mexico , though there were numerous skirmishes - called battles - in which the Americans easily drove off their assailants . The conflict ceased to be a war and became a raid . The army ...
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