The Campaign of General Scott, in the Valley of MexicoMoore & Anderson, 1852 - 367 ページ |
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afterward armistice arms army arrived artillery assault attack battery battle battle of Churubusco beautiful brigade campaign capital Captain carried causeway cavalry Cerro Gordo Chalco Chapultepec chief church Churubusco city of Mexico Colonel command Commodore Perry Contreras Cortez Coyocan Cruz direction dispatch division encamped enemy enemy's entered fire flag flank force forward gallant general-in-chief guns hacienda halted head-quarters height honor horses hour houses hundred Indian infantry Jalapa lake lake Chalco latter Lieutenant Mexicalcingo Mexican government miles military Molino del Rey Montezuma morning mountains movement night o'clock officers passed peace Peñon Pillow plain plaza position present president Puebla quarters Quitman reader rear reconnoissance regiment Rio Frio road route San Augustin San Cosmé Santa Anna Scott seen soldier soon streets Tacubaya tête de pont Tezcoco thousand tion town Trist troops Twiggs valley of Mexico Vera Cruz village whole Worth wounded
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98 ページ - Of course, there was but one thing to be done, and that was, to haul down the French flag and hoist my own, which was done in an instant, when we mutually hailed.
300 ページ - After so many victories, we might, with but little additional loss, have occupied the capital the same evening. But Mr. Trist, commissioner, &c., as Well as myself, had been admonished by the best friends of peace — intelligent neutrals and some American residents — against precipitation ; lest, by wantonly driving away the government and others, dishonored, we might scatter the elements of peace, excite a spirit of national desperation, and thus indefinitely postpone the hope of accommodation.
318 ページ - Moncey could hardly have expected to succeed against the town of Valencia ; for, to use Napoleon's words, " a city with eighty thousand inhabitants, barricadoed streets, and artillery placed at the gates, cannot be TAKEN BY THE COLLAR.
349 ページ - Cosme gate (custom-house) between him and the great square in front of the cathedral and palace — the heart of the city ; and that barrier, it was known, could not, by daylight, resist our siege guns thirty minutes.
350 ページ - The capital, however, was not taken by any one or two corps, but by the talent, the science, the gallantry, the prowess of this entire army. In the glorious...
305 ページ - SIR : — Too much blood has already been shed in this unnatural war between the two great republics of this continent.
248 ページ - ... to the same two coteries. False credit may, no doubt, be obtained at home by such despicable self-puffings, and malignant exclusion of others ; but at the expense of the just esteem and consideration of all honorable officers who love their country, their profession, and the truth of history.
32 ページ - The accompanying papers will show the proceedings and results. " Yesterday, after the norther had abated, and the commissioners appointed by me early the morning before, had again met those appointed by General Landero, Commodore Perry sent ashore his second in command, Captain Aulick, as a commissioner on the part of the navy. Although not included in my specific arrangement made with the Mexican Commander, I did not hesitate, with proper courtesy, to desire that Captain Aulick might be duly introduced...
348 ページ - ... the bar and pick, and to the utter surprise and consternation of the enemy, opening upon him, within easy range, a destructive fire of musketry.