Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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Page 49
... appeared at the mouth of the Rio Grande . The next afternoon Bee sent another message : there were now fifteen enemy ... appearance of the Union armada , one of his companies - a company of " six months volunteers " - composed entirely ...
... appeared at the mouth of the Rio Grande . The next afternoon Bee sent another message : there were now fifteen enemy ... appearance of the Union armada , one of his companies - a company of " six months volunteers " - composed entirely ...
Page 70
... appeared with an ample supply of food for the men and grain and hay for the animals . One of the guides , who owned a ranch near the crossing place , brought several buckets of freshly distilled mescal , but before his good intentions ...
... appeared with an ample supply of food for the men and grain and hay for the animals . One of the guides , who owned a ranch near the crossing place , brought several buckets of freshly distilled mescal , but before his good intentions ...
Page 187
... appeared in the mountain passes to the east , Agua Prieta had been converted into a nearly impregnable fortress . Knowing that trouble was more than likely when Villa at- tacked , General Funston reinforced the American troops at ...
... appeared in the mountain passes to the east , Agua Prieta had been converted into a nearly impregnable fortress . Knowing that trouble was more than likely when Villa at- tacked , General Funston reinforced the American troops at ...
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