The Life of Gen Zachary Taylor And a History of the War in Mexico Giving An
The Life of Gen Zachary Taylor And a History of the War in Mexico Giving An
David Magie
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In front, the ground was uneven — broken into hills and deep ravines. On the 21st the enemy were descried, approaching over the distant hills. At their appearance the volunteers raised a great shout, and gave three tremendous cheers. Their engineers and officers were seen flying over the field and drag- ging their cannon about to get them into LIFE OF GEN. TAYLOR. 45 position, but the nature of the ground did not favor the undertaking, and it was late in the day before the big guns began to ope...n. The enemy had with them thirty-two cannon, mostly of large calibre. Their fire, though kept up very briskly, and ap- parently well manned, did so little execu- tion in our ranks that it was not consider- ed necessary to return their fire. Our cannon were therefore silent the whole of the 21st. Eight or ten killed and wounded were the extent of the casualties sustained by our army on the 21st. During the day, an officer approached our lines with a flag of truce, and request- ed to be shown to General Taylor.
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