Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... fight might be compared aptly with the frontier battles in the early days of the British Colonies and the new United States , when communities of men , women and even chil- dren had to fight raiders for their own survival . The ...
... fight might be compared aptly with the frontier battles in the early days of the British Colonies and the new United States , when communities of men , women and even chil- dren had to fight raiders for their own survival . The ...
Page 311
... fight at Carrizal - lessons that are still pertinent in the days of air - transported cavalry and even of nuclear weapons . First , there was no attempt at concealment or ... fight had an effect that few , if any , THE FIGHT AT CARRIZAL 311.
... fight at Carrizal - lessons that are still pertinent in the days of air - transported cavalry and even of nuclear weapons . First , there was no attempt at concealment or ... fight had an effect that few , if any , THE FIGHT AT CARRIZAL 311.
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... Fight at Carrizal , " Cavalry Journal , XXVII ( Jan. , 1917 ) , pp . 449–56 . 22. Capt . Daniel González Corella , op . cit . , pp . 286-87 . General ( then Lt. Col. ) Genevevo Rivas Guillen's report on the fight is also included in ...
... Fight at Carrizal , " Cavalry Journal , XXVII ( Jan. , 1917 ) , pp . 449–56 . 22. Capt . Daniel González Corella , op . cit . , pp . 286-87 . General ( then Lt. Col. ) Genevevo Rivas Guillen's report on the fight is also included in ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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