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Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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he citybelow. The enemy had fortified the city sothoroughly that the Americans werenot only forced to carry the variousbarricades in succession, but were com-pelled to break through the walls of thefortified houses, and advance from house WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. 61 to house in this way. One or two fieldpieces were drawn up to the flat roofs,and the Mexicans were driven frompoint to point during the twenty-second and twenty-third, until theywere confined to the citaded and plaza.On the night of the twenty-third GeneralAmpudia opened negotiations, and onthe morning of the twenty-fourth surren-dered the town and garrison to General fierce charge than in volunteering tomake a dangerous ride under fire, insearch of ammunition. The next important engagement oc-curred at Buena Vista, a village ofMexico, seven miles south of Saltillo,whereon February 226. and 23d, 1847,five thousand United States troops un-der General Taylor defeated twentythousand Mexicans under Santa Anna.
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LIEUT. ULYSSES S. GRANT GOING FOR AMMUNITION AT MONTEREY. Taylor. The Americans lost four hun-dred and eighty-eight men, killed andwounded, in the storming of Monterey.The Mexican loss was much greater. General Grant, then an unknownyoung lieutenant, was in the battle ofMonterey, and distinguished himself onaccount of gallant and meritoriousservices. Several times during thebattle he demonstrated his superiorjudgment and courage, not more in the The American loss in this battle wastwo hundred and sixty-seven killed andfour hundred and fifty-six wounded.That of the Mexicans was over twothousand killed and wounded, includ-ing many officers of high rank. Taylorfollowed the Mexican army on thetwenty-fourth, as far as Agua Nueva,and collecting their wounded, removedthem to Saltillo, where they were at-tended by the American surgeons. 62 WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. The victory of Buena Vista was de-cisive of the war. It saved the valleyof the Rio Grande from invasion bya victo

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