Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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Page 244
... Brown had learned from the officers of the Carranzista garrison at San José de Babicora that Villa had been defeated by Colonel Cano and also that Villa was sup- posed to be at Namiquipa . On March 23 , while the column marched for El ...
... Brown had learned from the officers of the Carranzista garrison at San José de Babicora that Villa had been defeated by Colonel Cano and also that Villa was sup- posed to be at Namiquipa . On March 23 , while the column marched for El ...
Page 245
... Brown detached Evans ' squadron , with in- structions to march eastward to Tepehuanes , then south , parallel- ing the main column . At Tepehuanes , Evans found a workable telephone system , connecting the principal ranchos of the ...
... Brown detached Evans ' squadron , with in- structions to march eastward to Tepehuanes , then south , parallel- ing the main column . At Tepehuanes , Evans found a workable telephone system , connecting the principal ranchos of the ...
Page 258
... Brown had no cash ; he finally obtained enough for the telegram by selling his pocketknife to one of his soldiers ... Brown's personal check for over a thousand dollars - money with which he purchased sup- plies for the regiment . On ...
... Brown had no cash ; he finally obtained enough for the telegram by selling his pocketknife to one of his soldiers ... Brown's personal check for over a thousand dollars - money with which he purchased sup- plies for the regiment . On ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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10th Cavalry 1st Aero Squadron Adjutant Aero Squadron Agua Prieta American ammunition Apache scouts Arizona arrived artillery attack band bandits became brigade Brown Brownsville camp Captain captured Carranza Carranzista cars Casas Grandes Chihuahua Colonel Colonia Dublán Columbus column command Cortina Crook crossed Cruz Diary Díaz Dodd El Paso enemy fight force Ford Foreign Relations Fort Brown Funston garrison Geronimo Guerrero headquarters Heintzelman horses Huerta Ibid Indians Infantry Juarez Kickapoos killed large numbers later Lieutenant Lower Rio machine gun Mackenzie Madero Major Matamoras Mexican Mexico City miles military morning moved Namiquipa National Guard night officers orders packtrain Pancho Villa Paso Pershing Pershing's Porfirio Díaz President prisoners Punitive Expedition raiders raids ranch Rangers regiment reported river road San Antonio Santa Secretary sent shot soldiers Sonora tion Tompkins took town trail train troops truck Twiggs United States Army Vera Cruz Villistas wagon wounded