A Child's History of the United States, Part 2McMenamy, Hess & Company, 1875 - Adventure and adventurers |
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Page 96
... Mexican war found him a brigadier . He was ordered West , to organize and forward volunteers . Rapidly discharging this duty , he pushed on with the centre division assigned to him to San Antonio de Bexar , to operate against Chihuahua ...
... Mexican war found him a brigadier . He was ordered West , to organize and forward volunteers . Rapidly discharging this duty , he pushed on with the centre division assigned to him to San Antonio de Bexar , to operate against Chihuahua ...
Page 103
... Mexican army across the Rio Grande into territory where the Texans had never been , was declared an invasion of the ... Mexicans at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma . It was proposed to send General Scott to take command , but he showed ...
... Mexican army across the Rio Grande into territory where the Texans had never been , was declared an invasion of the ... Mexicans at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma . It was proposed to send General Scott to take command , but he showed ...
Page 104
... Mexicans to stand the siege , that the foreign consuls refused to avail themselves of the safeguards offered by the American general . But the terrible bom- bardment which ensued brought overtures of surrender on the 26th . Three days ...
... Mexicans to stand the siege , that the foreign consuls refused to avail themselves of the safeguards offered by the American general . But the terrible bom- bardment which ensued brought overtures of surrender on the 26th . Three days ...
Page 105
... Mexicans , and occu- pied Jalapa , Perote , and Puebla . A delay was then caused by the negotiations of Mr. Trist , an envoy of the American government ; but as these did not result in terms of peace , General Scott convened his ...
... Mexicans , and occu- pied Jalapa , Perote , and Puebla . A delay was then caused by the negotiations of Mr. Trist , an envoy of the American government ; but as these did not result in terms of peace , General Scott convened his ...
Page 106
... Mexicans were driven from the ground in seventeen minutes , and swept a broken and thinning mass of fugitives to Mexico . By this brilliant action Santa Ana's well - laid line of defences was broken . The Americans had flanked ...
... Mexicans were driven from the ground in seventeen minutes , and swept a broken and thinning mass of fugitives to Mexico . By this brilliant action Santa Ana's well - laid line of defences was broken . The Americans had flanked ...
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