Taylor And His Generals a Biography of Major General Zachary Taylor
Taylor And His Generals a Biography of Major General Zachary Taylor
Francis Henry Egerton Bridgewater
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M. , on the 21st, the order was given for this battery to open upon the cita- del and town ; and immediately after, the 1st division, with the 3d and 4th infantry in advance, under Colonel Garland, were ordered to reconnoitre and skirmish with the enemy, on the extreme left of the city, and, should prospect of success offer, to carry the most ad- vanced battery. This attack was directed by Major Mansfield, Engineer, and Major Kinney, quartermaster to the Texas division. A heavy fire from the fi...rst bat- tery was then opened upon the advance^ but the troops soon turned. At entering and engaging with the enemy, in the streets of the city, havino; passed through an 234 TAYLOR AND HIS GENERALS. incessant cross fire from the citadel and the first and second batteries, ard from the infantry, who hned the parapets, streets, and house-tops of the city, the rear of the first battery was soon turned, and the reverse fire of the troops through the gorge works, and killed or dis- lodged the artillery and infantry from it, and the build- ings occupied by infantry immediately in its rear.
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