The Taylor Anecdote book Anecdotes And Letters of Zachary Taylor
The Taylor Anecdote book Anecdotes And Letters of Zachary Taylor
Thomas Bangs Thorpe
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The pay for these latter articles, of course, came out of the general's own pocket. When the orange bill was handed in, an officer standing by told the in- terpreter to ask him how much money he wanted, saying that we would give it to him. The Mexican archly answered — " Americanos muy rico!" Fort Brown. A PARTICULAR DODGE. The different Mexican batteries that stormed Fort Brown were named, and when the smoke of the discharge met the eye of the sentinel on the look-out, he would say, " sand-bag... fort battery ;" the men would then retreat into the bomb-proof protecting them from this particular battery. So also, if " the lower fort battery, " " the battery in the country, " or "•the mortar battery, " was called out. If a shell was coming, which was easily distinguished from a solid ball by its fuse, the soldiers would fall on their faces, and the otherwise deadly messenger would harmless- / AND THE MEXICAN WAR. 67 ly explode upwards into the air, and meet with nothing to resist its force.
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