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 - 343 էջ |
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... wagons . The Mexicans were too sagacious to delay improving these advantages . On the morning of the 3d , a bat- tery of seven guns placed in the town , opened a Exploit of May and Walker . brisk fire upon the 30 THE WAR .
... wagons . The Mexicans were too sagacious to delay improving these advantages . On the morning of the 3d , a bat- tery of seven guns placed in the town , opened a Exploit of May and Walker . brisk fire upon the 30 THE WAR .
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... 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 . moras , opened. 32 THE WAR . Fort Brown, -
... 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 . moras , opened. 32 THE WAR . Fort Brown, -
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... opened with shot and shell in the afternoon , and kept up a galling cross fire . At nine o'clock , Lieutenant Hanson , after a gallant reconnoisance , reported the erec- tion of a new battery at the cross roads . On Wednes- day morning ...
... opened with shot and shell in the afternoon , and kept up a galling cross fire . At nine o'clock , Lieutenant Hanson , after a gallant reconnoisance , reported the erec- tion of a new battery at the cross roads . On Wednes- day morning ...
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... opened simultaneously with the firing on the field , and continued to increase with unprecedented severity ; but it was not to the batteries of the Mexicans ` that attention was directed . Our eighteen - pounders were occasionally fired ...
... opened simultaneously with the firing on the field , and continued to increase with unprecedented severity ; but it was not to the batteries of the Mexicans ` that attention was directed . Our eighteen - pounders were occasionally fired ...
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... opened upon us , when I ordered the columns halted and deployed into line , and the fire to be returned by all our artillery . The 8th infantry on our extreme left , was thrown back to secure that flank . The first fires of the enemy ...
... opened upon us , when I ordered the columns halted and deployed into line , and the fire to be returned by all our artillery . The 8th infantry on our extreme left , was thrown back to secure that flank . The first fires of the enemy ...
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