Our Army On the Rio Grande Being a Short Account of the Important Events Transp
Our Army On the Rio Grande Being a Short Account of the Important Events Transp
Thomas Bangs Thorpe
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The sentinels marched their silent rounds, while men and officers at their posts, stole snatches of sleep while resting upon their arms, and expecting every moment to hear the rushing cry that presages the deadly assault, and which was now more than ever expected. The appearance presented by the bombardment at night must have been singularly gmnd. As the shells rose into the air, the burnhig fuses gave them the appearance of fiery comets, and at times so rapidly OUR ARMY ON THE RIO GRANDE. did ...they fly, that streams of seemmgly continuous, hissing light, formed magnificent arches from the Mexican batteries to our fort, where they found a common centre. Tlie continued reverberations of the heavy discharges, the constant explosion of shells, the sheeted flame from the mortars and howitzers, that in the darkness of night seemed bursting volcanoes, formed a picture of war at once sublime and terrible. With the morning light of the 7th the enemy's batteries recom- menced, but after pouring into the fort a large number of shot and shell, they suddenly ceased.
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