Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... hundred Americans murdered . Cortinas on the march for the Nueces with eight hundred men . A gentleman of intelligence says there is no doubt it is the priest party of Mexico , as Cor- tinas has plenty of money . Seven companies of foot ...
... hundred Americans murdered . Cortinas on the march for the Nueces with eight hundred men . A gentleman of intelligence says there is no doubt it is the priest party of Mexico , as Cor- tinas has plenty of money . Seven companies of foot ...
Page 102
... hundred yards from the boundary , where the force was joined by Captain Emmett Crawford with nearly a hundred scouts with whom he had been patrolling the border . Several busy days were spent at San Bernardino . Crook saw to it ...
... hundred yards from the boundary , where the force was joined by Captain Emmett Crawford with nearly a hundred scouts with whom he had been patrolling the border . Several busy days were spent at San Bernardino . Crook saw to it ...
Page 207
... hundred yards south of the line . Slocum's reply was that Tompkins should use his own judgment . Meanwhile the arrival of Castleman and his troop doubled the strength of the pursuing force . In addition , several officers who could be ...
... hundred yards south of the line . Slocum's reply was that Tompkins should use his own judgment . Meanwhile the arrival of Castleman and his troop doubled the strength of the pursuing force . In addition , several officers who could be ...
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