Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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Page 148
... four airplanes , four or five pilots and a handful of mechanics and technicians.12 He made full use of them for re- connaissance and as fast messengers and predicted that their importance would increase . He made full use , too , of the ...
... four airplanes , four or five pilots and a handful of mechanics and technicians.12 He made full use of them for re- connaissance and as fast messengers and predicted that their importance would increase . He made full use , too , of the ...
Page 206
... four hours later he was awakened by the sound of horses passing the cabin . Looking out the window , Lucas could see the silhouettes of men wearing the huge sombreros that only Mexicans wear . He seized his pistol , intending to sell ...
... four hours later he was awakened by the sound of horses passing the cabin . Looking out the window , Lucas could see the silhouettes of men wearing the huge sombreros that only Mexicans wear . He seized his pistol , intending to sell ...
Page 279
... four animals were wounded . A day later , on May 26 , 1916 , Major John M. Jenkins , of the 11th Cavalry , had a brush with a Villista band ( probably the same one ) just at dusk , at a village called Ortega . Two Villistas were killed ...
... four animals were wounded . A day later , on May 26 , 1916 , Major John M. Jenkins , of the 11th Cavalry , had a brush with a Villista band ( probably the same one ) just at dusk , at a village called Ortega . Two Villistas were killed ...
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