. An introductory school history of the United States, arranged on the catechetical plan; to which are added, the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States with questions and explanations . en near VeraCruz, and, on the 22d,he opened so destruc-tive a fire upon the cityand the fortress of SanJuan de Ulloa (sanwhahn da ool-yo^-aK),that, on the 27th, bothplaces were compelledto surrender. WJiat was Scotts nextmove7nent ? On the 8th of April,Scott commenced hismarch against the en-emys capital, the cityof Mexico, but at Cerro Gordo {thar-ro gor-do), a mountainpass, he
. An introductory school history of the United States, arranged on the catechetical plan; to which are added, the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States with questions and explanations . en near VeraCruz, and, on the 22d,he opened so destruc-tive a fire upon the cityand the fortress of SanJuan de Ulloa (sanwhahn da ool-yo^-aK),that, on the 27th, bothplaces were compelledto surrender. WJiat was Scotts nextmove7nent ? On the 8th of April,Scott commenced hismarch against the en-emys capital, the cityof Mexico, but at Cerro Gordo {thar-ro gor-do), a mountainpass, he found Santa Anna, prepared to resist his an account of what followed. On the morning of the 18th, a daring assault was madeupon the works of the enemy, and, before noon, the wholewere in possession of the Americans. Besides losing theirartillery, the Mexicans had one thousand of their numberkilled or wounded. Qixe an account of tlie further march of the Americans,On the next day the Americans entered Jalapa {hah-lah-pah) , further on they took, without opposition, the strongcastle of Perote (pd-ro-ta), and, on the 15th of May, they oc-cupied the city of Puebla {poo-d-blah).What did Scott then do f. WAK WITH MEXICO. 121 Scott halted at Puebla nearly three months for reinforce-ments, and then resumed his march, reaching Ayothi [uh-yotlah), a town fifteen miles from the city of Mexico. W7iat change did Scott then determine upon f Finding that the direct route thence was strongly fortified,he turned southward, and encamped at San Augustin {san awffits-feen), about ten miles from the capital. What difficulties were then in Sootfs way ? The approaches to the city of Mexico from San Augustmwere guarded by batteries at Contreras (con-tra-ras) and SanAntonio, and by the strong forts of Churubusco (choo-roo-hoos-co) and Chapultepec {chah-pool-td-pek). What successes attended the advance of the Americans ? At sunrise, on the 20th of August, the Americans attackedContreras, a
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