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" It may be remembered that great anxiety was felt in the States at this period, lest our army in the city of Mexico, (from which no regular communication had been received for forty days, ) cut off from resources (via Vera Cruz) by the forces under Santa Anna, aided by the guerrillas, might lose the advantages hitherto gained ; and also lest Colonel Childs, besieged at Puebla, might be com- pelled to capitulate. General Lane felt alive to the peril, and upon being told by the Quartermaster at ...Vera Cruz, that he had no sufficient means for transporting his troops into the interior, insisted upon his procuring such as could be had. Accordingly a large number of wild, unbroken mules were driven in, and his men employed in breaking them. So inadequate was his materiel 16 BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL LANE. considered to the task he had before him of clearing the country of the enemy, that experienced military men predicted his failure, and that he and his command would be destroyed, and our arms disgraced.
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