Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... Late at night , February 4 , 1860 , a messenger galloped into Brownsville with an urgent message to Heintzelman from Ford . During the afternoon a Ranger had been mortally wounded by a shot fired from the Mexican side at La Bolsa . At ...
... Late at night , February 4 , 1860 , a messenger galloped into Brownsville with an urgent message to Heintzelman from Ford . During the afternoon a Ranger had been mortally wounded by a shot fired from the Mexican side at La Bolsa . At ...
Page 37
... late at night , February 4 , approved what Ford proposed to do . The fight was actually over before Heintzelman received Ford's report but , of course , he had no means of knowing that . He directed Ford to confine himself strictly to ...
... late at night , February 4 , approved what Ford proposed to do . The fight was actually over before Heintzelman received Ford's report but , of course , he had no means of knowing that . He directed Ford to confine himself strictly to ...
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... Late in November , 1885 , Davis again entered Mexico , followed two weeks later by Crawford , who had been delayed by a fruitless pursuit after a minor chief named Josanie , whose band , in four weeks ' time , covered nearly a thousand ...
... Late in November , 1885 , Davis again entered Mexico , followed two weeks later by Crawford , who had been delayed by a fruitless pursuit after a minor chief named Josanie , whose band , in four weeks ' time , covered nearly a thousand ...
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