A Popular History of the United States of America From the Aboriginal Times to
A Popular History of the United States of America From the Aboriginal Times to
John Clark Ridpath
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Thus far General Scott had followed the great national road from Yera Cruz to Mexico ; but now, owing to the many fortifications and danger- 456 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. ous passes in front, it was deemed advisable to change the route. From Ayotla, therefore, the army wheeled to the south, around Lake Chalco, and thence westward to San Augustine. From this place it was but ten miles to the capital. The city could be approached only by causeways leading across marshes and the beds of bygone... lakes. At the ends of these causeways were massive gates strongly defended. To the left of the line of march were the almost inaccessible positions of Contreras, San Antonio and Molino del Eey. Directly in front, beyond the marshes and closer to the city, were the powerful defences of Churubusco and Chapul- tepec, the latter a castle of great strength. These various positions were held by Santa Anna with a force of more than thirty thousand Mexicans. That General Scott, with an army not one-third as great in numbers, could take the city seemed an impossibility.
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