An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . command was reviewed by General Taylor. When the term of ser-vice of his troops expired, he returned with them to New Orleans. During these events, Lieutenant-Colonel Fremont, who had ori-ginally been sent into California on a scientific expedition, had raiseda considerable force of mounted men, with which he commenced,operations against the Mexican troops in his vicinity. On the
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . command was reviewed by General Taylor. When the term of ser-vice of his troops expired, he returned with them to New Orleans. During these events, Lieutenant-Colonel Fremont, who had ori-ginally been sent into California on a scientific expedition, had raiseda considerable force of mounted men, with which he commenced,operations against the Mexican troops in his vicinity. On the 13thof June, he captured thirteen men and two hundred horses, belong-ing to Genera] Castro, and on the 15th, he took possession of Sanomapass, containing a small garrison, nine cannon, and a number ofmuskets. On the Pacific coast. Commodore Sloat had taken thesea-port of Monterey, and on the 12th of August, a body of riflemenunder Fremont, and Commodore Stockton, Sloats successor, tookpossession of Ciudad de los Angelos, of which Fremont was appointedgovernor. On the 11th of December, Kearny reached the city ofSan Diego, in California, having five days previously gained a victory RECAPTURE OF LOS ANGELOS. 563. GEN2BAL EEASNT -WOtJUDSD AT SAN PASQUAL. at San Pasqual, where, with many of his officers and men, he wiswounded. On the 8th of January, he fought another battle to re-capture the city of Los Angelos, which had been taken by theMexicans. Being successful, quiet was for a short period restoredto California. On the 16th of November, Colonel Burton, with a little garrisonat La Paz, was attacked by a considerable force of the enemy, raisedprincipally among the neighbouring towns, and sustained a tryingsiege of nearly a weeks duration. Nearly at the same time. Lieu-tenant Heywood was assaulted at San Jose, but succeeded in drivingaway the enemy after two days skirmishing. The whole popula-tion of New Mexico and California was so discontented with thegovernment of the Americans
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