Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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Page 117
... followed Hidalgo in droves . The sud- denness of the uprising gave it an initial period of success , and the hopeless and oppressed hordes that followed the banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe turned the movement into a social revo ...
... followed Hidalgo in droves . The sud- denness of the uprising gave it an initial period of success , and the hopeless and oppressed hordes that followed the banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe turned the movement into a social revo ...
Page 234
... followed he frankly admitted that he had been badly defeated by Villa only a few days before . His troops had been driven through Cruces to El Valle , where he was occupying a defensive posi- tion in anticipation of another Villista ...
... followed he frankly admitted that he had been badly defeated by Villa only a few days before . His troops had been driven through Cruces to El Valle , where he was occupying a defensive posi- tion in anticipation of another Villista ...
Page 271
... followed , but after a few miles it became apparent that the band was dissolving ; small parties broke away here and there until it was no longer worth while to try to follow . A report reached Dodd that Villistas ( probably the band ...
... followed , but after a few miles it became apparent that the band was dissolving ; small parties broke away here and there until it was no longer worth while to try to follow . A report reached Dodd that Villistas ( probably the band ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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