. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... s, and nearthe hacienda or plantationknown as Buena Vista, fromwhich latter place the battletook its name. It was one of g-reat flanks were protected by the mountainswhich arose abruptly from the defile, andthe ground in front was broken by numerousravines and gullies. The American forceswere disposed so as to secure every advantageafforded by the nature of the ground and theroad through the pass—the key to the wholeposition—was swept by the fir
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... s, and nearthe hacienda or plantationknown as Buena Vista, fromwhich latter place the battletook its name. It was one of g-reat flanks were protected by the mountainswhich arose abruptly from the defile, andthe ground in front was broken by numerousravines and gullies. The American forceswere disposed so as to secure every advantageafforded by the nature of the ground and theroad through the pass—the key to the wholeposition—was swept by the fire of the troops were in high spirits. It wasWashingtons birthday, and this incident was generally commented upon as a good omenAbout noon a Mexican officer brought anote to General Taylor, in which SantaAnna demanded the surrender of the Ameri-can army. This demand was refused, andskirmishing at once began. During theafternoon Santa Anna sent a force underGene il Ampudia to ascend the mountainsand turn the American left. This broughton severe skirmishing in this quarter, butnothing definite was accomplished during. MEXICAN CART AND OXEN. the afternoon. Late in the afternoon theMexican cavalry under General Minon,which had passed the mountains, appearedin the plains north of Saltillo. Minon wasordered to halt in the position he had gainedand await the result of the battle of the nextday at Buena Vista. His appearance causedgreat anxiety to General Taylor, whohastened to Saltillo with reinforcementsafter nightfall, as he feared Minon wouldseek to capture that place. 6o8 FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE CIVH. WAR. During the night of the tvv^enty-secondSanta Anna reinforced the column underAmpudia, and opened the battle at daybreakon the twenty-third of February, by endeav-oing to turn the American left. A littlelater he opened fire from his artillery, andmoved forward three powerful columns ofattack against the American centre. Themovement of the column of Ampudia was
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