. Young folks' history of Mexico. uries before. Both theseroads were defended by strong fortifications, the firstespecially, which was commanded by the isolated hill,El Fefioh, bristling with cannon from base to summit, andswarming with soldiers. A more open, though longerroute, lay around Lake Tezcoco to the northward, throughthe city of Nezahualcoyotl — Tezcoco. Here, in anticipationof a movement in this direction, Santa Anna had stationedValencia with his troops from the north. The fourth and last approach was fully as circuitous,skirting the lakes of Chalco and Xochimilco and the basesof t
. Young folks' history of Mexico. uries before. Both theseroads were defended by strong fortifications, the firstespecially, which was commanded by the isolated hill,El Fefioh, bristling with cannon from base to summit, andswarming with soldiers. A more open, though longerroute, lay around Lake Tezcoco to the northward, throughthe city of Nezahualcoyotl — Tezcoco. Here, in anticipationof a movement in this direction, Santa Anna had stationedValencia with his troops from the north. The fourth and last approach was fully as circuitous,skirting the lakes of Chalco and Xochimilco and the basesof the southern and western hills. It was the most ruggedand the least known to the American engineers, but wasfinally chosen by General Scott, who believed it to be, inthe end, the most facile approach to the city. Forts and fortified posts completely enclosed the be-leaguered capital. Besides the impregnable position ofEI Penon there were fortifications at and near Guadalupeon the north, while the different gates of the city were. The Mexican Forces Concentrate. 453 amply defended. The strongest positions, after El Penon,seem to have been the very ones that General Scott de-signed first to march against, and these were, at thehacienda of San Antonio, Churubusco, Chapultepec, andMolino del Rey. On the 15th of August the army was setin motion, in four divisions, commanded by GeneralsWorth, Pillow, Quitman, and Twiggs, in the order named,while General Scott took his position in the centre. TheMexican, Alvarez, attacked them with his Pinto Indians,but they were soon driven away, and on the i8th theentire army entered the town of San Augustin, or Tlalpam,at the base of the south-western hills. Santa Anna, commanding in the centre of the circie,about the circumference of which General Scott was mov-ing, was able to concentrate his troops at any given pointwith great facility. Even at this late day, it is with feelingsof concern that one views the situation of the Americanarmy at this
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