The army and navy of America - containing a full view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents from the period of the French and Indian wars to the close of the (14595101570)

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Title: The army and navy of America : containing a full view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents ... from the period of the French and Indian wars to the close of the Mexican war ...
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Neff, Jacob K
Subjects: Military art and science United States -- History, Military To 1900 United States -- History, Naval To 1900
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Pearsol
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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t the attack on FortBrown was completely abandoned. Then it was that the garrison so long besieged and cooped upwithin their well defended works, had the gratification of behold-ing, from the ramparts, the vanquished fugitives from the field oftheir own countrymen^s victory, fleeing past to plunge into thestream of the Rio Grande, in their flight to Mataaioras. Through-out the night the headlong panic continued, and hundreds sankbeneath the wave that separated them from the haven of theirwishes; but with the day had terminated the pursuit of the con-querors. The defence of Fort Brown thus made good, was not only thefirst in order, but one of the most meritorious, of the many bril-liant achievments of the war. With the slight exception of occa-sional campaigns against the Indians, our countrymen, for morethan thirty years, had had no experience in war. More than anordinary generation had elapsed since the American Army hadmet a civilized foe in the field. Nor had our troops ever at any
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