Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... opened fire on them . After a few minutes ' delay , the advance was resumed . Suddenly , without warning , a heavy fire was opened by riflemen well hidden in the thickets . The volunteers , considering their lack of training and the ...
... opened fire on them . After a few minutes ' delay , the advance was resumed . Suddenly , without warning , a heavy fire was opened by riflemen well hidden in the thickets . The volunteers , considering their lack of training and the ...
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... opened fire ) , moved parallel , trying to pass , but the stone walls between the fields delayed them until they saw that it was impossible . A detachment tried to pursue directly . Lininger's rear guard dropped behind a stone wall and ...
... opened fire ) , moved parallel , trying to pass , but the stone walls between the fields delayed them until they saw that it was impossible . A detachment tried to pursue directly . Lininger's rear guard dropped behind a stone wall and ...
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... opened fire . The scouts should have disregarded the fire , which was totally ineffective , and gone at the gallop to their objective , but it was against Apache nature to be shot at without shooting back . The scouts piled off their ...
... opened fire . The scouts should have disregarded the fire , which was totally ineffective , and gone at the gallop to their objective , but it was against Apache nature to be shot at without shooting back . The scouts piled off their ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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