Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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Page 22
... directed to enroll a company for service at Tampico . On July 19 of that year , he rode into Brownsville with a few followers , from a ranch belonging to his mother , located about eight miles above Brownsville on the United States side ...
... directed to enroll a company for service at Tampico . On July 19 of that year , he rode into Brownsville with a few followers , from a ranch belonging to his mother , located about eight miles above Brownsville on the United States side ...
Page 101
... directed to enroll additional Apache scouts at once.32 It was apparent that there could be no peace as long as the Apache outlaws held out in the Sierra Madres . Sooner or later they would raid into the United States for recruits , and ...
... directed to enroll additional Apache scouts at once.32 It was apparent that there could be no peace as long as the Apache outlaws held out in the Sierra Madres . Sooner or later they would raid into the United States for recruits , and ...
Page 311
... directing the operation as a whole , devoted himself exclusively to his own troop . The cavalry organization of the time was faulty in that there were no permanent platoons or squads . Conse- quently , when the officers were out of ...
... directing the operation as a whole , devoted himself exclusively to his own troop . The cavalry organization of the time was faulty in that there were no permanent platoons or squads . Conse- quently , when the officers were out of ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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