Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... took the keys from Johnson's body , opened the jail , and released the prisoners , most of whom were Mexicans , and included highwaymen , cattle rustlers and horse thieves , along with several murderers , all of whom gleefully joined ...
... took the keys from Johnson's body , opened the jail , and released the prisoners , most of whom were Mexicans , and included highwaymen , cattle rustlers and horse thieves , along with several murderers , all of whom gleefully joined ...
Page 23
... took a messenger to cover the miles to San Antonio - and upon receiving it , apparently believed either that the account was ex- aggerated or that the raid was made by a small band of Indians . On October 7 ( probably the day on which ...
... took a messenger to cover the miles to San Antonio - and upon receiving it , apparently believed either that the account was ex- aggerated or that the raid was made by a small band of Indians . On October 7 ( probably the day on which ...
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... took such measures as it was able to take . The last thing that Carranza wanted was an American expedition into Mexico . That the measures his govern- ment took were ineffective was due not to unwillingness to punish the perpetrators of ...
... took such measures as it was able to take . The last thing that Carranza wanted was an American expedition into Mexico . That the measures his govern- ment took were ineffective was due not to unwillingness to punish the perpetrators of ...
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