Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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Page 36
... once again captured the United States mail riders and opened and riffled the mail pouches . Late at night , February 4 , 1860 , a messenger galloped into Brownsville with an urgent message to Heintzelman from Ford . During the afternoon ...
... once again captured the United States mail riders and opened and riffled the mail pouches . Late at night , February 4 , 1860 , a messenger galloped into Brownsville with an urgent message to Heintzelman from Ford . During the afternoon ...
Page 136
... once , as Porfirio Díaz would have done , were placed where they could plot at their leisure and without any great danger of detection.29 Villa was approached , while in prison , by an emissary of the plotters . Villa gave a ...
... once , as Porfirio Díaz would have done , were placed where they could plot at their leisure and without any great danger of detection.29 Villa was approached , while in prison , by an emissary of the plotters . Villa gave a ...
Page 189
... once been a power- ful army staggered northward toward the international boun- dary , the men began to build up a deep resentment toward the United States and for all Americans . Americans were responsi- ble for all their troubles . The ...
... once been a power- ful army staggered northward toward the international boun- dary , the men began to build up a deep resentment toward the United States and for all Americans . Americans were responsi- ble for all their troubles . The ...
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