. Young folks' history of Mexico. with great energy, the imperialist forces marchedupon Zacatecas and took it, Juarez and his cabinet narrowlyescaping capture and retreating to San Luis Potosi. [A. D. 1867.] The victorious army of Miramon wasmet by the avenging army of the north (Liberal) on the istof February, 1867, and nearly annihilated; but, escapingto Queretaro, the forces were organized anew and preparedto resist, at that point, the onward march of the republicanhosts. 498 Mexico. Queretaro is an ancient city, having been founded in1531, on the site of a still more ancient Indi
. Young folks' history of Mexico. with great energy, the imperialist forces marchedupon Zacatecas and took it, Juarez and his cabinet narrowlyescaping capture and retreating to San Luis Potosi. [A. D. 1867.] The victorious army of Miramon wasmet by the avenging army of the north (Liberal) on the istof February, 1867, and nearly annihilated; but, escapingto Queretaro, the forces were organized anew and preparedto resist, at that point, the onward march of the republicanhosts. 498 Mexico. Queretaro is an ancient city, having been founded in1531, on the site of a still more ancient Indian town. It isdelightfully situated in a fertile valley, shut in by moun-tains on every side, and has a temperature combining thewarmth of the hot country with that of the temperateregion, as it lies at an altitude of 6,365 feet above the only is it celebrated as the point where the empireof Maximilian was finally overthrown, but as that wherethe treaty with the United States, in 1848, was ratified bythe Mexican MATIAS ROMERO. On the 19th of February, Maximilian reached Queretarowith reinforcements, received by the army and by thepopulace with enthusiasm. With the subsequent additionof another army under Marquez, the force at the commandof Miramon was increased to nearly nine thousand Liberal army has been estimated as high as thirtythousand, as the whole northern country contributed itsquotas, and was under the command of General Escobedo,a valiant patriot, who had received his schooling in the warwith the United States, and in various revolutions. The
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