Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... force , he pushed forward to reconnoiter . They had not gone far when they were greeted by the sharp reports of Cortina's artillery ( the two guns abandoned by the previous expedition ) and the rattle of musketry from the chaparral ...
... force , he pushed forward to reconnoiter . They had not gone far when they were greeted by the sharp reports of Cortina's artillery ( the two guns abandoned by the previous expedition ) and the rattle of musketry from the chaparral ...
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... force landed troops at Bagdad ( at the mouth of the Rio Grande ) that began immediate and obvious preparations to advance up the river . Cortina abandoned his state capital and about the first of September , 1864 , arrived at Matamoras ...
... force landed troops at Bagdad ( at the mouth of the Rio Grande ) that began immediate and obvious preparations to advance up the river . Cortina abandoned his state capital and about the first of September , 1864 , arrived at Matamoras ...
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... force ( all Mexican ) commanded by a General Canales . Republicans , under General Escobedo , sur- rounded the city on three sides and were preparing to assault . On November 24 the commander of the United States troops at Brownsville ...
... force ( all Mexican ) commanded by a General Canales . Republicans , under General Escobedo , sur- rounded the city on three sides and were preparing to assault . On November 24 the commander of the United States troops at Brownsville ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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