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 537
... fire on the cavalry . Scarcely had they done so when from the timbered screen across the open area there broke ... fire . The Texans did not pause or kneel to return the fire . They did not fire at all , but kept coming . Their faces and ...
... fire on the cavalry . Scarcely had they done so when from the timbered screen across the open area there broke ... fire . The Texans did not pause or kneel to return the fire . They did not fire at all , but kept coming . Their faces and ...
Page 568
... fire and cannon fire upon them . The Texans waited in silence . Their silence convinced the regular commander that they were wholly reduced by his furious salvos , and at four o'clock he ordered an advance . The hilltops quickened as ...
... fire and cannon fire upon them . The Texans waited in silence . Their silence convinced the regular commander that they were wholly reduced by his furious salvos , and at four o'clock he ordered an advance . The hilltops quickened as ...
Page 684
... fire . In the sudden silence a new sound was heard over the plain - the hiss of flames . For a wad from an American battery had set the grass on fire , and now , banking upward from a fast - moving front of flame , heavy clouds of black ...
... fire . In the sudden silence a new sound was heard over the plain - the hiss of flames . For a wad from an American battery had set the grass on fire , and now , banking upward from a fast - moving front of flame , heavy clouds of black ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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