Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 562
... Canales found the centralists in battle formation . On sighting him in their turn , they fired a ball from a nine - pounder , and Canales with his three . colonels agreed upon a plan of battle . It was never used . The Texan elements ...
... Canales found the centralists in battle formation . On sighting him in their turn , they fired a ball from a nine - pounder , and Canales with his three . colonels agreed upon a plan of battle . It was never used . The Texan elements ...
Page 564
... Canales turned southwestward to Monterrey . He had heard that the town was garri- soned by only four hundred troops under Arista , and he counted on taking their ammunition stores to supply his own men . Somehow he still managed to give ...
... Canales turned southwestward to Monterrey . He had heard that the town was garri- soned by only four hundred troops under Arista , and he counted on taking their ammunition stores to supply his own men . Somehow he still managed to give ...
Page 565
... Canales brought his column across the river and on the next day forty - five more Texans said good - bye and went home . And now , having ranged for five months over thousands of square miles of comfortless land , and with his forces at ...
... Canales brought his column across the river and on the next day forty - five more Texans said good - bye and went home . And now , having ranged for five months over thousands of square miles of comfortless land , and with his forces at ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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