. A history of the United States for secondary schools . rt ofTaylors army was called to assist Scotts movement onthe city of Mexico from Vera Cruz. At this junctureSanta Anna, who had regained power in Mexico, tookadvantage of the weakening of Taylor and attempted to EXPANSION TO THE PACIFIC. 441 overwhelm his small force of 5200 men by an attackwith 15,000. His attack (Pebruary 23, 1847), ^^^j^^made at Buena Vista, not far to the southwest Februaryfrom Monterey, failed disastrously, costing him ^^ ?•^*^-a loss of 2000 men. With this victory at Buena Vistathe operations of General Taylor were
. A history of the United States for secondary schools . rt ofTaylors army was called to assist Scotts movement onthe city of Mexico from Vera Cruz. At this junctureSanta Anna, who had regained power in Mexico, tookadvantage of the weakening of Taylor and attempted to EXPANSION TO THE PACIFIC. 441 overwhelm his small force of 5200 men by an attackwith 15,000. His attack (Pebruary 23, 1847), ^^^j^^made at Buena Vista, not far to the southwest Februaryfrom Monterey, failed disastrously, costing him ^^ ?•^*^-a loss of 2000 men. With this victory at Buena Vistathe operations of General Taylor were closed. On the 7th of March, 1847, Scotts army of about12,000 reached Vera Cruz; on the 27th the city wassurrendered to it; a fortnight later its march veraCruz,to the Mexican capital, 200 miles distant, was ceS?^^begun. The mountain pass of Cerro Gordo aptius,was forced on the i8th of April, and there ^^*^was no more seri-ous fighting tillthe capital wasnearly Puebla the in-vading army rest-ed during Juneand July, whileunavailing peace. SCOTTS ROUTE FROM VERA CRUZ TO MEXICO. negotiations were carried on. Early in August the march wasand the defences of the city, held by about30,000 men, were reached on the i8th. Onthe 19th the assault began, and three battles,Contreras, San Antonio, and Cherubusco, werefought that day and the next. Then anotherparley suspended the war for a few days. Itwas resumed on the 8th of September, in suc-cessful assaults on Mexican positions at CasaMata and Molino del Rey. On the 13th thestrong fortress of Chapultepec was stormed,its defenders were driven into the city, and resumed, Contreras,San An-tonio, Cherubusco,August 19-20, 1847. fruitless Casa Mata,MoUno delRey, Cha-pultepec,Mexico,September8-16,1847. the city 442 SECTIONAL CONTENTION. itself was then taken after three days of desperate fight-ing in the streets. The Mexicans had made an heroicdefence; they were vanquished by qualities in thesmaller American army which we can justl
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